![]() Ro ug hl y 200 st ude nts and towns people gather ed Saturday night at a statue of Paterno just out sidea gat e atBeaverStadi um. The second half of the two-day inter- view was conducte d by his bed- side. Paterno was described as fra il the n andweari ng a wig. Notlong bef orethat,he cond uct- edhis onlyinter vie w sinc e losi ng his job, with The W ash ing ton Post. Joe is continuing to fight.” The 85-year -old Paterno has been in the hospital since Jan.13 for observation for what his fam- ily had call ed min or comp lica - tio ns fro m hiscancertreat men ts. W rote Jay Paterno : “I appre- ciate the support & prayers. “Over the last few days Joe Pa- tern o has exp eri ence d furt her night to refute reports that their father had died. Paterno’s been getting treatment since, and his health problems worsened when he broke his pelvis - an injury thatfirs t cro ppedupwhenhe was acci den tall y hit in pre sea son practice last year. 9 in the after- mat h of th e ch ild sex abu se charges against former assistant Jerry Sandusk y. The winningest major colleg e football coach of all time, Pater- no was diagnos ed shortly after Penn State’s Board of Trus tees ousted him Nov. Paterno ’s sons Scott and Jay each took to Twitter Saturday STATE COLLEGE - Joe Pa- terno’ s doctor s say the former Penn State coach’s condition has become“serious”after he experi- enced complications from lung cancer in recen t days. “His family will have no com- ment on the situation and asks that their privacy be respected duri ng this difficu lt time ,” he said. “His doctor s have now characterized his sta- tus as serious. Hea lth comp lica tion s,” fami ly spo kes manDan McG innsaidin a brief statement Saturday to The Associa ted Press.
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