Joe Paterno, Fallen Penn State Coach, Dies of Lung Cancer at 85
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Joe Paterno died of lung cancer surrounded by family members yesterday, just over two months after he was fired as Pennsylvania State University’s football coach, ending a record-setting 46-year run in which he collected 409 wins and two national championships. He was 85.
Paterno died at 9:25 a.m. yesterday at Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College, Pennsylvania, the town Paterno had called home since 1950.