PATERSON — The late Joe Clark, the no-nonsense, unconventional and legendary Eastside High School principal, was honored in a City Hall ceremony Thursday attended by about 20 of his family members.

Joe Louis Clark, the famed principal of New Jersey's Eastside High School that inspired the 1989 film Lean on Me, has passed away.

Joe Louis Clark, the retired principal of Eastside High School in Paterson, N.J. where he gained fame and criticism for his iron rule, died at his Florida home on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020 after a ...

Early in the movie Lean on Me, Joe Clark throws an eraser at a student for answering too slowly. Then he throws the word imbrue at a whole class and challenges them to learn it by the next day. &#8… ...

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 ...