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 Eastside High ...

Joe Clark, the no-nonsense, baseball-bat-wielding New Jersey high school principal who inspired the 1989 movie "Lean on Me," died Tuesday at age 82, his family announced. Clark died in his Florida ...

Joe Clark, the New Jersey principal who inspired the 1989 film “Lean on Me” starring Morgan Freeman, has died. He was 82. Clark’s death was announced by his family, who said he died on Tuesday after a ...

Joe 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 ...

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