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PHOTOS: Looking Back at Paterno's Career

For 46 years Joe Paterno led the Penn State Nittany Lions football team. On Jan. 22, 2012 the winningest coach in college football history lost his battle with cancer. He was 85.

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PHOTOS: Looking Back at Paterno's Career

Legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno is gone but his legacy lives on in State College and beyond.

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