"They called him 'Crazy Joe,' but we called him our hero," said Della McCall-Fischer, a former Eastside student who now serves as Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh's chief of staff. "That's what he was ...

Clark became an instant national sensation and hometown legend when Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman portrayed “Crazy Joe,” the tough-minded principal who transformed Eastside High School in ...

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Joe Clark, the no-nonsense, baseball-bat-wielding New Jersey high school principal who inspired the 1989 movie "Lean on Me," died Tuesday at age 82, his family announced.

Joe Clark, the tough yet inspirational principal at Eastside High School in Paterson, New Jersey, portrayed by Morgan Freeman in the hit film "Lean on Me," has died at the age of 82.

The No-Nonsense Educator was a Mentor for Students to Lean On Joe Louis Clark, the baseball bat and bullhorn-wielding Principal whose unwavering commitment to his students and uncompromising ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Joe Louis Clark, the baseball bat and bullhorn-wielding principal whose unwavering commitment to his students and uncompromising disciplinary methods inspired the 1989 ...