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Joe Louis Clark (May 8, 1938 – December 29, 2020) was the principal of Eastside High School in Paterson, New Jersey. He is also the subject of the 1989 film Lean on Me , starring Morgan Freeman . Clark gained public attention in the 1980s for his unconventional and controversial disciplinary measures as the principal of Eastside High.
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Dec 30, 2020 · Joe Louis Clark, the hard-charging high school principal who inspired the movie “Lean on Me,” has died at the age of 82, his family said in a statement Tuesday.. Clark was the principal of ...
Dec 30, 2020 · Joe Louis Clark was born on May 8, 1938, in Rochelle, Ga., and moved with his family to Newark when he was 6. He earned a bachelor’s degree from what is now William Paterson University, in Wayne ...
Jan 2, 2021 · A legendary American educator died this week. Joe Clark was 82 years old. And in the 1980s, he was principal of Eastside High in Paterson, N.J., a school where crime and drug use were rampant ...
Dec 30, 2020 · Joe Clark was a former educator who transformed Paterson's Eastside High School with his strict methods and baseball bat. He also appeared on TIME magazine and inspired a movie starring Morgan Freeman.
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Dec 30, 2020 · 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 ...
Dec 30, 2020 · Clark was known for his tough love approach to discipline and education, which inspired the film "Lean on Me" starring Morgan Freeman. He served as a U.S. Army Reserve sergeant, a drill instructor, and a White House policy advisor.
