Legendary former Penn State coach Joe Paterno died Sunday morning at 9:25 a.m. from “metastatic small cell carcinoma of the lung” according to a report in the Orlando Sentinel, but I think he died of a broken heart. That belief was echoed by a former player of his, Matt Millen, that same morning on ESPN radio.
I thought it interesting we both had that thought about him passing so soon after the scandal broke in November of 2011.
He was 85 years old and still the head coach at Penn State until…
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becky
January 23, 2012
SHAME ON YOU PENN STATE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR BREAKING JOE’S HEART AND BEING PART OF DEMISE!! HOW DARE YOU TRY TO CAPTIVATE ON HIS DEATH AND ACT ALL CARING AND CONCERNED. IF I WAS PART OF THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY I WOULD NOT ATTEND OR SUPPORT ANYTHING YOU HAVE PLANNED FOR A MEMORIAL! IT IS VERY APPARENT THAT HE HAS TOUCH MANY YOUNG PEOPLES LIVES THAT SOON WILL LEAD OUR COUNTRY! YOU DIDN’T TAKE IT IN CONSIDERATION THEN SO WHY KNOW!!?? IF YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING DAMAGE CONTROL YOU ARE SORRYLY MISTAKEN!!