Penn State Football Legend Joe Paterno Dies At

“Penn State Football Legend Joe Paterno Dies At 85”

Joe Paterno, the man synonymous with Penn State football, died Sunday after developing complications from lung cancer. He was 85. He coached at Penn State for 61 years, though his long tenure ended amid a child sexual abuse scandal. The man Penn Staters fondly called "Joe. Pa" seemed to cement his legacy last Oct. 29, when he won his 409 th game, a Division I record. The longtime Penn State head coach was diagnosed with what his family had called a treatable form of lung cancer shortly after the university's Board of Trustees voted to fire him. "It is with great sadness that we announce that Joe Paterno passed away earlier today, " the family statement said. "His loss leaves a void in our lives that will never be filled. ” Paterno died at 9: 25 a. m. Sunday, surrounded by his family at State College's Mount Nittany Medical Center.

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