Jo Lasorda, widow of Los Angeles Dodgers manager, dies at 91
Posted September 21, 2021 7:00 am
FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) - Jo Lasorda, the widow of Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, has died. She was 91.
She died Monday night at her home in Fullerton, the team said Tuesday. No cause of death was given.
The former Joan Miller met Tommy Lasorda at a minor league baseball game in her hometown of Greenville, South Carolina, where he was playing for the Spinners. They wed on April 14, 1950, a union that lasted 70 years until Tommy's death last January at age 93.
Lasorda is survived by daughter Laura and granddaughter Emily, as well as sister Gladys Reeves of Greenville. She was preceded in death by son Tom Jr.
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FILE - Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy LaSorda and his wife, Jo, give the thumbs up sign and a toast at a gathering of friends and associates to celebrate winning the 1988 World Series the day before at a Los Angeles restaurant, in this Friday, Oct. 21, 1988. file photo. Jo Lasorda has died. She was 91. She died Monday night, Sept. 20, 2021, at her home in Fullerton, the team said Tuesday. No cause of death was given. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
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FILE - Jo Lasorda, wife of Los Angeles Dodgers' manager Tommy Lasorda, leans up to give him a good luck kiss on the start of his 35th season with the Dodger organization, in Los Angeles in this April 4, 1984, file photo. Jo Lasorda has died. She was 91. She died Monday night, Sept. 20, 2021, at her home in Fullerton, the team said Tuesday. No cause of death was given. (AP Photo/Lennox Mclendon, File)
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