Paterno’s long goodbye ends with public memorial

Thursday, January 26th, 2012 at 9:18 pm

Photographs of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno are projected on arge overhead screens during a memorial service for Paterno in State College STATE COLLEGE, Pa (Reuters) – The son of late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno told 10,000 mourners on Thursday his father died “with a clear conscience,” and former players mutual why they worshipped the man in a final goodbye to the legendary “JoePa.” The memorial at the campus basketball arena concluded five days of public mourning for Paterno, 85, who died on Sunday of lung cancer two months after his towering reputation was shaken by a child sexual abuse scandal involving an assistant coach. …