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The main players in the Penn State scandal

Joe Paterno Head coach at Penn State from 1966 through 2011. He offered to resign at the end of the 2011 season amid the uproar after Sandusky's arrest Nov. 6. The Penn State Board of Trustees, however, ousted him for what was called his 'failure of leadership' surrounding allegations about Sandusky. Paterno died of lung cancer Jan. 22. The longtime football coach was told by McQueary in 2001 that he saw Sandusky and Victim No. 2 in a shower on the Penn State campus and, in turn, told Curley and Schultz. Text of letter Joe Paterno wrote in December 2011.
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Compiled by Anush Elbakyan, Boston.com correspondent

Joe Paterno

Head coach at Penn State from 1966 through 2011. He offered to resign at the end of the 2011 season amid the uproar after Sandusky's arrest Nov. 6. The Penn State Board of Trustees, however, ousted him for what was called his "failure of leadership" surrounding allegations about Sandusky. Paterno died of lung cancer Jan. 22.

The longtime football coach was told by McQueary in 2001 that he saw Sandusky and Victim No. 2 in a shower on the Penn State campus and, in turn, told Curley and Schultz.

Text of letter Joe Paterno wrote in December 2011.