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Paterson NJ, Joe Clark, the tough yet inspirational New Jersey high school principal portrayed by Morgan Freeman in the hit film “Lean on Me,” has died at the age of 82. The former principal of Eastside High School in Paterson who famously used a bullhorn and a baseball bat to keep his students in line died Tuesday at his home in Florida after a long battle with an unspecified illness, his family said.
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