An Appetite for Life, Amore for All Things Dodger Blue
Former manager and lifelong global Dodgers icon Tommy Lasorda dies at age 93.
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Tommy Lasorda was named parade marshal for the 2011 Nisei Week Grand Parade, and was joined at the announcement by (from left) Nisei Week Foundation President Rev. Mark Nakagawa and Princesses Brynn Nakamoto, Kelli Teragawa and Christy Sakamoto. Lasorda died Thursday of heart failure. (JUN NAGATA / Rafu Shimpo)
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In his adult life, Tommy Lasorda had exactly one kind of job: he worked for a baseball team.
After signing his first minor league contract as a teenager, his life took him on a path from moderately talent pitcher to one of the most recognizeable personalities in all of sports.
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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 26: Former Los Angeles Dodgers player and manager Tommy Lasorda throws the ceremonial first pitch prior to Game Three of the 2018 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Boston Red Sox at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Eugene Garcia - Pool/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA Tommy Lasorda, the eternally optimistic Hall of Famer who managed the Los Angeles Dodgers for 20 seasons and led them to two World Series titles, is getting a fitting tribute this weekend.
The LAX pylons are drenched in Dodger blue and white as the city continues to mourn Lasorda, who died Thursday at age 93. The honor is being shared with longtime City Councilman Tom LaBonge, who also died Thursday, at age 67.
Updated on January 8, 2021 at 2:25 pm
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Legendary Hall of Fame Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, who spent seven decades with the organization in the dugout and as an ambassador for the game, has died at age 93, the team said Friday.
Lasorda had returned home earlier this week after being hospitalized in Southern California for nearly two months. He suffered cardiopulmonary arrest Thursday night at his home, the Dodgers said.
He later died at a hospital.
The Los Angeles Dodgers tweeted Tuesday that their former manager left the hospital and returned to his Fullerton home. He had been hospitalized due to heart issues since Nov. 8, although the team didn’t make it public until a week later.
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Former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda looks on from the dugout as he serves as an honorary coach during the game against the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium on September 22, 2011, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - Tommy Lasorda, the eternally optimistic Hall of Famer who managed the Los Angeles Dodgers for 20 seasons and led them to two World Series titles, has died at the age of 93, the team announced Friday.
Lasorda, long hailed as one of the most colorful figures in baseball, suffered a sudden cardiopulmonary arrest at his home just after 10 p.m. Thursday and was taken to a hospital with resuscitation in progress, according to the Dodgers. He was pronounced dead at 10:57 p.m.