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Charles Joseph Clark PC CC AOE (born June 5, 1939) is a Canadian businessman, writer, and politician who served as the 16th prime minister of Canada from 1979 to 1980.
Joe Louis Clark (May 8, 1938 – December 29, 2020) was the principal of Eastside High School in Paterson, New Jersey. He is also the subject of the 1989 film Lean on Me, starring Morgan Freeman. Clark gained public attention in the 1980s for his unconventional and controversial disciplinary measures as the principal of Eastside High.
Joe Clarke became the first teenager to play for England Lions since Joe Root when he was called up for a series against Pakistan in the UAE in 2015 but his promising career stalled...
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Dec 30, 2020 · 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 family said in statement. He was 82. (AP Photo/Peter Cannata, File)
Dec 30, 2020 · Joe Louis Clark, the hard-charging high school principal who inspired the movie “Lean on Me,” has died at the age of 82, his family said in a statement Tuesday.
Principal Joe Clark, who inspired film ‘Lean on Me,’ dies - NBC. Watch the video to learn more about his life and legacy, and how he transformed a troubled high school with his tough love ...
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Dec 29, 2020 · Joe Clark was a school principal who turned around a troubled high school in Paterson, New Jersey, with his strict methods and baseball bat. He inspired a movie, a song and a TV series, and was praised by President Reagan and other leaders.
