Joe Louis Clark, an uncompromising educator who made national headlines by roaming the halls of Paterson's Eastside High School wielding a baseball bat, has died at the age of 82.

We are sad to report that New Jersey high school principal, Joe Clark, has died at 82. He was the inspiration behind Morgan Freeman’s character in the 1989 film Lean on Me.. As the principal of ...

We are sad to report that New Jersey high school principal, Joe Clark, has died at 82. He was the inspiration behind Morgan Freeman’s character in the 1989 film Lean on Me.. As the principal of ...