Joe Paterno, Former Penn State Football Coach, Dies At 85.Joe Paterno, former football coach at Penn State who was among the most admired figures in the annals of college sport, but whose reputation was shattered in the wake of a scandal of child abuse involving one of its assistants for many years, died Jan. 22. He was 85 years old.
The cause was lung cancer, according to a statement released by the Mount Nittany Medical Center Hospital in State College, Pennsylvania, where Mr. Paterno is dead.
"He died as he lived," the family of Mr. Paterno said in a statement. "He fought until the end, remained positive, thought only of others and constantly reminded how all his life had been blessed.”
News of Mr. Paterno's death Sunday morning triggered a wave of sadness and admiration on the campus of Penn State in State College. Hundreds flocked to a statue of Mr. Paterno at Beaver Stadium in the school. The base of the statue was decorated with scores of candles, flowers, T-shirts and blue and white pom-poms. A moment of silence was observed at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, before the team's basketball at Penn State played Indiana University.
The spectrum of the failing health of Mr. Paterno had hung over the campus throughout the weekend. Inaccurate reports of his death began surfacing on Saturday night, fueled by an inaccurate report posted on the State of a website students Onward,. The report went viral spread by social media and echoed by a number of national news organizations, which later published corrections.
Mr. Paterno ascent, followed by his sudden firing to 84 years, formed one of the most tragic stories in modern history and sport is something of a legacy of conflict. He was head coach the most successful in the history of major college football, but the circumstances of his dismissal led to a spot on both the football program and the man who had run for so long.
Affectionately called "Joep," Mr. Paterno began his 46 year tenure as head coach of Penn State in 1966 after serving as assistant coach for 16 years. His teams won a record 409 over the period of the Games with five unbeaten and untied seasons and two national championships. He was the winning coach of all time in the history of major college football. Moreover, his players and his team had one of the highest graduation rates in the country among athletes.
Mr. Paterno was shaken last fall when a grand jury report alleged that his former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky had sexually abused underage boys.
Sandusky, Mr. Paterno is the defensive coordinator and longtime trusted lieutenant, until his retirement in 1999, was charged with assaulting eight boys over 15 years, some of them, while was an assistant coach. Following the publication of this report, other alleged victims have also begun to appear. Sandusky had made contact with the boys through the Second Mile, a charity he founded to help troubled youth.
If Sandusky was not the first off-topic in the field program of Mr. Paterno had faced in recent years. According to an ESPN report in 2008, between 2002 and 2008, 46 Penn State players had been charged with a total of 163 offenses. In March 2011, Sports Illustrated published a number of arrests for all schools listed it as a Top 25 preseason teams in the country. Penn State tied for fourth with 16 players on the 2010 list who had been accused of a crime.
The cause was lung cancer, according to a statement released by the Mount Nittany Medical Center Hospital in State College, Pennsylvania, where Mr. Paterno is dead.
"He died as he lived," the family of Mr. Paterno said in a statement. "He fought until the end, remained positive, thought only of others and constantly reminded how all his life had been blessed.”
News of Mr. Paterno's death Sunday morning triggered a wave of sadness and admiration on the campus of Penn State in State College. Hundreds flocked to a statue of Mr. Paterno at Beaver Stadium in the school. The base of the statue was decorated with scores of candles, flowers, T-shirts and blue and white pom-poms. A moment of silence was observed at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, before the team's basketball at Penn State played Indiana University.
The spectrum of the failing health of Mr. Paterno had hung over the campus throughout the weekend. Inaccurate reports of his death began surfacing on Saturday night, fueled by an inaccurate report posted on the State of a website students Onward,. The report went viral spread by social media and echoed by a number of national news organizations, which later published corrections.
Mr. Paterno ascent, followed by his sudden firing to 84 years, formed one of the most tragic stories in modern history and sport is something of a legacy of conflict. He was head coach the most successful in the history of major college football, but the circumstances of his dismissal led to a spot on both the football program and the man who had run for so long.
Affectionately called "Joep," Mr. Paterno began his 46 year tenure as head coach of Penn State in 1966 after serving as assistant coach for 16 years. His teams won a record 409 over the period of the Games with five unbeaten and untied seasons and two national championships. He was the winning coach of all time in the history of major college football. Moreover, his players and his team had one of the highest graduation rates in the country among athletes.
Mr. Paterno was shaken last fall when a grand jury report alleged that his former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky had sexually abused underage boys.
Sandusky, Mr. Paterno is the defensive coordinator and longtime trusted lieutenant, until his retirement in 1999, was charged with assaulting eight boys over 15 years, some of them, while was an assistant coach. Following the publication of this report, other alleged victims have also begun to appear. Sandusky had made contact with the boys through the Second Mile, a charity he founded to help troubled youth.
If Sandusky was not the first off-topic in the field program of Mr. Paterno had faced in recent years. According to an ESPN report in 2008, between 2002 and 2008, 46 Penn State players had been charged with a total of 163 offenses. In March 2011, Sports Illustrated published a number of arrests for all schools listed it as a Top 25 preseason teams in the country. Penn State tied for fourth with 16 players on the 2010 list who had been accused of a crime.
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