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The Influence of a Non-Traditional High School Chief The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:03:25 0:00 principal whose unusual way of enforcing rules became the subject of a 1989 Hollywood movie. Clark died late last year at the age of 82. He gained national attention for his leadership at Eastside High School in Paterson, New Jersey. “You are not inferior,” is what Clark would often tell his students. Many of the Eastside students were African American or Latino. They grew up in a difficult environment. Many of the students who attended his school faced violence, crime, drugs ...

British supermodel Stella Tennant "felt unable to go on" before her death last month, her family confirmed. "Stella had been unwell for some time. So, it is a matter of our deepest sorrow and despair that she felt unable to go on, despite the love of those closest to her," her family said in a statement provided by Nick Loughran. Tennant died on Dec. 22, 2020, five days after her 50th birthday. "We have been humbled by the outpouring of messages of sympathy and support since Stella died. She was a beautiful soul, adored by a close family and good friends, a sensitive and talented woman who...

Principal Joe Clark who inspired film 'Lean on Me' has died Clark was portrayed by Morgan Freeman in the 1989 film 'Lean on Me' that was loosely based on his tenure at Eastside. Author: Associated Press Updated: 10:29 PM EST December 30, 2020 GAINESVILLE, Fla — Joe Louis Clark, the baseball bat and bullhorn-wielding principal whose unwavering commitment to his students and uncompromising disciplinary methods inspired the 1989 film “Lean on Me,” died at his Florida home on Tuesday after a long battle with an unspecified illness, his family said. He was 82....

Principal Joe Clark, who inspired film 'Lean on Me,' dies FILE - In this Feb. 11, 1988, file photo, Joe Clark, principal of Eastside High School in Paterson, N.J., stands with rap group Run-DMC before the group gave a concert at the school in support of Clark's way of running his school. Clark, the baseball bat and bullhorn-wielding principal whose unwavering commitment to his students and uncompromising disciplinary methods inspired the 1989 film “Lean on Me,” died at his Florida home on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, after a long battle with an unspecified illness, his fa...

Principal Joe Clark who inspired film 'Lean on Me' has died Clark was portrayed by Morgan Freeman in the 1989 film 'Lean on Me' that was loosely based on his tenure at Eastside. Author: Associated Press Updated: 10:29 PM EST December 30, 2020 GAINESVILLE, Fla — Joe Louis Clark, the baseball bat and bullhorn-wielding principal whose unwavering commitment to his students and uncompromising disciplinary methods inspired the 1989 film “Lean on Me,” died at his Florida home on Tuesday after a long battle with an unspecified illness, his family said. He was 82....