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<p>STATE COLLEGE &#8212; A painted halo on a mural of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno is back, more than three years after the artist removed it shortly after Jerry Sandusky was convicted of child molestation.</p><p>Muralist Michael Pilato posted a video online showing him and others putting yellow halos on various figures, including Paterno, on the 90-foot &#8220;Inspiration&#8221; mural in a commercial strip near campus.</p><p>In the video, Pilato says he&#8217;s sorry for his fast actions in removing it from Paterno, the winningest coach in major college football history.</p><p>The halo was first added when Paterno died in January 2012.</p><p>A report commissioned by Penn State that year said Paterno and others intentionally covered up complaints about Sandusky, a former assistant football coach at PSU, to avoid bad publicity.</p><p>Pilato also painted Sandusky out of the mural.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">This is a painting of former Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno in a mural on a wall in downtown State College, Pa., by artists Michael Pilato and Yury Karabash, Thursday, July 12, 2012. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/web1_AP_122442270079-1-.jpg</photo0><caption0>This is a painting of former Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno in a mural on a wall in downtown State College, Pa., by artists Michael Pilato and Yury Karabash, Thursday, July 12, 2012. </caption0><photoCredit0>AP Photo | Gene J. Puskar </photoCredit0></div></div>
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Paterno gets halo returned in mural near Penn State campus