Fans Gather to Pay Tribute to Joe Paterno

Joe Paterno
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January 22, 2012
Outside Beaver Stadium in State College, Penn., fans pay their respects at a statue of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno after hearing of Paterno's death on January 22, 2012. Paterno, who was 85 years old, had been battling lung cancer.

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