Joe Paterno Dead: Former Penn State Football Coach Dies at 85
Candles are offered in front of Joe Paterno's statue outside Beaver Stadium. (Credit: Getty Images)
It was reported earlier that Joe Paterno had already died from lung cancer. However, this was denied by his family. His son, Jay, said the rumor was not true although he confirmed that Joe Paterno was already in serious condition at the time. Hours later, it was announced that the former Penn State football coach finally succumbed to lung cancer.
Joe Paterno spent years of his life as coaching Penn State, years of which as head coach. Under Joe Paterno. Penn State football thrived winning each of the current four major bowls at least once. Penn State under Paterno won the Orange Bowl (1968, 1969, 1973, and 2005), the Cotton Bowl Classic (1972 and 1974), the Fiesta Bowl (1977, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1991, and 1996), the Liberty Bowl (1979), the Sugar Bowl (1982), the Aloha Bowl (1983), the Holiday Bowl (1989), the Citrus Bowl (1993 and 2010), the Rose Bowl (1994), the Outback Bowl (1995, 1998, 2006) and the Alamo Bowl (1999 and 2007). In fact, Paterno holds more bowl victories (24) than any coach in history.
But this record and all of his contributions to Penn State and college football, in general, has been tarnished. In Novemebr 2011, a grand jury indicted Jerry Sandusky, Paterno’s former assistant, of multiple counts of sexual abuse of children. Days later, Joe Paterno would be fired after the university trustees deemed he should have dome more than report an incident involving Sandusky to his immediate superior.
Funeral arrangements for Joe Paterno have not been announced as of this writing.(VIDEO CREDIT: AP)
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