Jo Lasorda is survived by her daughter, granddaughter and sister. Tommy Lasorda, one of the most iconic figures in baseball history, managed the Dodgers for 21 seasons from 1976 to 1996. He won ...

When Penelope Spheeris heard that Tommy Lasorda died Thursday at 93, she knew many people would be touched by the sad news, particularly in Los Angeles. The city has long been her home and it is al… ...

But Spheeris’s mind quickly turned to someone else in the Lasorda family that she had known and missed: his son, Tommy Jr., known as Spunky, who was gay and died in 1991 at 33 from complications ...

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda autographs a baseball in the Dodgertown locker-room in Vero Beach, Fla., in this Wednesday, Feb. 15, 1990, file photo. Tommy Lasorda, the fiery Hall of ...

Let me take you into Tommy Lasorda’s office. We’re at Dodger Stadium, it’s 1978, two hours before a game. The Dodgers are winning, Lasorda is the toast of the town. Lasorda, who died ...

Bobby Valentine (r.) and Tommy Lasorda share a laugh in 1999. Jason Szenes “It was an amazing situation,” Valentine said. Less than three months later, Lasorda had died, after suffering from ...

Tommy Lasorda once recalled the time he saw Dean Martin participate in the Hollywood Stars game in 1957. Martin, Lasorda told Dodgers historian Mark Langill, “was a great athlete.” Lasorda ...

Tommy Lasorda’s Hall of Fame plaque begins, “One of baseball’s most engaging personalities and a great ambassador for his sport managed Dodgers with an impenetrable passion.” A former ...