RIP Joe Paterno

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I don't like the Bryant comparisons because an 85-year old man undergoing lung cancer treatments is not unusual for there to be complications and whatnot.

It is a shame, but he lived a good long life and that's all one can ask for in this world.

 

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Lost my dad to lung cancer. It's a horrible thing and a one-way ticket - almost nobody comes back from it. Terrible. I have great sympathy for him and his family, whether this is the end or not. And, for me at least, there's no need to bring any of the other stuff into it. He's a human being facing a terrible disease, regardless of surrounding circumstances.

 

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Dumb question: Did he smoke? Did he used to smoke? Doesn't seem to be his personality. But, on the other hand, he comes from a generation where smoking's dangers weren't as well-known as now.

Also: What a Shakespearean tragedy the end of his life (presumably) has been. Wow.

 

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Lost my dad to lung cancer too. Smoked like a chimney pretty much his whole life. I look back kind of in sadness that my mom would always have me buy him pipe tobacco for Christmas.

 

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He did not smoke, Dick; it was mentioned in a couple stories around the time he was diagnosed.

 

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Thought I remembered hearing that. Thanks.

 

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Mine smoked from age 14.

 

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Mine started at 15. Died at 52, only a few weeks after being diagnosed with lung cancer.

 

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Mine died at 63; lived about a year after he was first diagnosed.

 

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Reading all of this makes me that much happier that my father is still alive and lucky enough to not have lung cancer despite his years of smoking. (he has since quit for about 7 years now)

My heart goes out to those who've lost someone from that terrible disease.

 

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1. No one has reported anything official. Well ...

2. Other than the student radio station, which put forward a pretty weak-ass tweet, citing "alleged sources."

3. No news is bad news.

 

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Football players received an email minutes ago informing them of Paterno's passing.