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Joe Clark, principal of Eastside High School in Paterson, New Jersey, in 1988
Morgan Freeman picked up his bullhorn and baseball bat to star in the 1989 Warner Bros. movie.
Joe Clark, the uncompromising New Jersey high school principal who employed a bullhorn and baseball bat to round his students into shape en route to becoming the subject of the inspirational Morgan Freeman film
Lean on Me, has died. He was 82.
Clark died Tuesday after a long illness at his home in Gainesville, Florida, his family announced.
Soon after taking over as head of Eastside High School in Paterson, New Jersey, Clark expelled 300 students for fighting, vandalism, abusing teachers and drug possession in one day and challenged the kids that remained to perform better.
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He roamed the hallways of Paterson Eastside High School with a bullhorn and bat, wielding a brand of drill-instructor discipline that drew both admirers and critics alike.
He held news conferences at 7 a.m. and once expelled 300 students for fighting, vandalism, abusing teachers, and drug possession – all in a single day.
And he left such an indelible mark that John Legend, Wendy Calhoun and LeBron James were preparing to create a TV drama about him 30 years after his retirement.
Joe Louis Clark, a Georgia-born, longtime South Orange resident who appeared on the cover of Time magazine and became the inspiration for the film “Lean On Me,” at his home in Gainesville, Florida Tuesday night after a long, unspecified illness, his family said.
Joe Louis Clark depicted in the 1989 film
Lean On Me passed away on Tuesday (December 29) at the age of 82.
Once the leader of Eastside High School in Paterson, New Jersey, Clark’s methods of reaching students, including carrying a baseball bat and bullhorn, were the inspiration behind the film.
Clark was born in Rochelle, Georgia on May 8, 1938. His family moved to Newark, New Jersey when he was six years old. He went through grade school there, graduating from Newark Central High School before earning a bachelor’s from what is now William Paterson University. Clark received his master’s degree from Seton Hall University and an honorary doctorate from the US Sports Academy.
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