Joe Clark, the tough, yet inspirational Paterson high school principal portrayed in the hit film 'Lean on Me,' has died at 82

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Principal Joe Clark, who inspired film 'Lean on Me,' dies

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Joe Louis Clark, the baseball bat and bullhorn-wielding principal whose unwavering commitment to his students and uncompromising disciplinary methods inspired the 1989 film “Lean on Me,” died at his Florida home on Tuesday after a long battle with an unspecified illness, his

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