Joe Paterno Reportedly Near Death
January 21, 2012 at 6:36 PM Leave a comment
Paterno in Grave Condition
Former Penn State coach Joe Paterno is near death, a source confirmed to The Citizens’ Voice.
Paterno’s wife, Sue, summoned close friends and longtime staff members this afternoon to the State College hospital where Paterno has been undergoing treatments since last weekend.
Paterno wanted to see them and say a final goodbye, Sue told one of the staff members, the source said.
Paterno, diagnosed with cancer days after his Nov. 9 firing, has been weakened by radiation and chemotherapy treatments, a member of his family told the Voice.
Earlier this week I read an article written by a woman who’d recently interviewed Paterno (of course I can’t find it now). She said it was hard for him to speak because his lung function was so compromised by the lung cancer. That kind of shocked me because at the time of his diagnosis, we were told Paterno had a “treatable form of lung cancer.”
I take this as a warning to have more than one passion so I don’t keel over if my ability to pursue that one passion evaporates.
Entry filed under: Musings. Tags: coach joe paterno.
Trackback this post | Subscribe to the comments via RSS Feed