Patrick Swayze did not die

The photo of the ailing star, who suffers from pancreatic cancer, shows him visibly thinner but smiling on his New Mexico ranch with wife Lisa Niemi and their dogs Lucas and Kumasai.

According to a report in the U.K’s Daily Mail, the photo was released in response to a Florida radio station’s claim that the actor was dead.

"This is to confirm that Patrick Swayze did not pass away this morning contrary to severely reckless reports stemming from a radio station in Jacksonville, Florida," the actor's rep said in a statement.