Joe Paterno died Sunday.
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The viewing, funeral and memorial service for former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno are scheduled for the campus where he worked for more than six decades before being fired in the wake of the child sex-abuse charges against a former assistant.
Members of the board of trustees that replaced the longtime coach say Paterno’s family are putting the event together, but some of them will attend to pay their last respects.
Anger at the board has been evident since the 85-year-old Paterno died of lung cancer Sunday.
A school spokeswoman says planning for the memorial Thursday at the Jordan Center basketball arena is being done by the athletic department with the family’s assistance.
Trustee Al Clemens says he’ll be there to honor a man he describes as a good friend for many years.
Penn State religious leaders work out plans for the public viewing of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno in the Worship room of the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center on campus Monday in State College, Pa. The public viewing will be held Tuesday and Wednesday in the Worship room, with a private funeral in the afternoon Wednesday.
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A halo was added to the likeness of legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno on a bookstore mural Monday in State College, Pa.
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Margaret and Jake Bigham, from near Charleston, S.C., pause in remembrance around a statue of Penn State football coach Joe Paterno outside Beaver Stadium on the Penn State campus Monday.
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A newspaper with the headline rewritten is left in remembrance around a statue of Penn State football coach Joe Paterno on Monday in State College, Pa.
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