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Good morning and Happy Friday!!! #goodmorning #joeclark #leanonme #morningvibes #happyfriday https://www.instagram.com/p/CZRtoNjL5ew/?utm_medium=tumblr

RIP to this Newark legend #joeclark #newark (at Long Branch, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJc_MZ-l1L2/?igshid=iobqqi0utish

"They used to call me Crazy Joe, but now they can call me Batman!" Rest in peace #JoeClark. #RIP #LeanonMe #FairEastside https://www.instagram.com/p/CJc0I22hslOinXpDn1VL_zrTQSobd-s3CzMq4w0/?igshid=1qyqa5pwy3wgi

Clark was 82. He died at his home in Gainesville, Florida after a long battle with illness, according to his family. They did not specify the nature of the illness. Clark had been a resident of South Orange in New Jersey before he retired to Florida. He became a local legend in Paterson after his tenure at Eastside High School. Clark demanded obedience through an autocratic approach. He was known for wielding a baseball bat and a bullhorn while patrolling the hallways of the Park Avenue high school. His work at Eastside High School was turned into a movie called “Lean on Me.” Clark was played by Morgan Freeman. #RIP #restinpeace #JoeClark https://www.instagram.com/p/CJaFeyZHSOU/?igshid=y7ei7qihqebs

Joe Louis Clark, whose toughness and dedication to the students at a troubled high school in New Jersey landed him on the cover of TIME magazine and inspired the 1989 movie "Lean on Me," has died at the age of 89, his family said. The former educator and lifelong South Orange resident had retired to Gainesville, Florida, and was at home with family when he died Tuesday after a long battle with illness, his family said in a press release. Clark helped turn around Paterson's Eastside High School, which was riddled with crime and drugs when he took over as principal. Before taking over at the school, Clark taught at grade school in Paterson and served as the Director of Camps and Playgrounds for Essex County. He was soon named principal at the elementary school, and the once-failing school was said to be transformed into the "Miracle of Carroll Street," his family said. "Paterson has lost a legend. Joe Clark spoke strongly and carried a big stick," Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh said. "If anyone needs to see what type of positive influence he had on his students then I suggest they watch, "Lean On Me." 🙏🏿 • #JoeClark #PrincipalJoeClark #Paterson #PatersonEastSide #LeanOnMe #unheardvoicesmag #UVRemembers #rip #restinpeace #NewJersey #legend #education #educator #JoeLouisClark https://www.instagram.com/p/CJZ9j7eFtEF/?igshid=1e53mdos9zw15

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