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. Clark was the principal of ...

Avildsen-directed flick Lean On Me. Starring Morgan Freeman as Joe Clark, a no nonsense principal charged with the task of revitalizing the endangered school, the movie contains many pivotal ...

Share In seventh grade in 1989, I met up with a group of friends at Evergreen Plaza on Pulaski Day, a school holiday, to see the movie “Lean on Me.” We cheered for Morgan Freeman, who played ...

Here’s a look at where the memorable cast members of the movie loosely based on his life are now. Lean on Me is a classic in the Black community. In 1989, the world was introduced to the ...

In 1989, Morgan Freeman portrayed Clark in the movie Lean On Me. Clark's family says he was always wearing a cowboy hat. And supporting his three children, who all excelled in track and field.

the high school principal who inspired the movie Lean on Me. Clark died at 82 on Tuesday in his Gainesville, Florida, home after a "long battle with illness," his family said in a statement Wednesday.

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.Clark was the principal of Eastside ...

(AP) — 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 ...

(AP) — 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 ...