Joe Paterno, major-college football's all-time wins leader, died Sunday, according to a statement released by his family. He was 85. He had been undergoing treatment for lung cancer.

The man known by his Pennsylvania State University fans as JoePa will be remembered both for his legendary career leading one of his sport's top programs and for the abrupt way that career ended in November. Mr. Paterno was fired by Penn State's board of regents as part of the fallout from the arrest of former longtime Nittany Lions assistant...