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JoePa Dies at 85

The Huffington Post reports his family released a statement Sunday morning to announce his death: 'His loss leaves a void in our lives that will never be filled.'

Joe Paterno, the longtime Penn State coach who won more games than anyone in major college football but was fired amid a child sex abuse scandal that scarred his reputation for winning with integrity, died Sunday. He was 85.

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