Lean On Me is an American biographical drama film that John G. Avildsen directed. The film narrates the intense tale of a principal’s grueling battle and efforts to save his school from acquisition by ...

PATERSON, New Jersey (WABC) -- Joe Clark, the tough yet inspirational New Jersey high school principal portrayed by Morgan Freeman in the hit film "Lean on Me," has died at the age of 82. The former ...

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A doctor who has worked with COVID-19 patients is sharing his cheerful rendition of "Lean On Me" to entertain and uplift others. Dr. Nathan Wood, a resident physician at Yale New ...

Sam Rockwell was let go from 1989's Lean on Me before his scene was filmed, but he's still getting paid for the role that never was. On a recent episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the Oscar ...

Who was the real Joe Clark? Clark was born in Georgia but raised in New Jersey. After graduating from Newark’s Central High School, he earned a bachelor’s degree from William Paterson University (then ...

Born in Rochelle, GA in 1938, Clark is most known as the ambitious principal of New Jersey’s Eastside High School who expelled nearly 300 students for drug possession, vandalism and fighting, and ...

Of his many memorable performances, Sam Rockwell is apparently still getting paid for one that never happened. The Oscar winner recently recalled when he, Michael Imperioli and Kevin Corrigan “drove ...

Joe Clark, the New Jersey principal who inspired the 1989 film “Lean on Me” starring Morgan Freeman, has died. He was 82. Clark’s death was announced by his family, who said he died on Tuesday after a ...