Tommy Lasorda, the boisterous master motivator who “bled Dodger Blue” during his seven decades with the club as a player, scout, coach, manager and ambassador in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, has died.
He was 93. Lasorda, who managed the team for nearly 20 years to four National League pennants and World Series titles in 1981 and 1988, died Thursday night after suffering a heart attack at his home in Fullerton, California,the Dodgers announced.
He had been ill for some time. He retired as Dodgers manager in July 1996, about a month after he suffered a heart attack and underwent an angioplasty to clear a clogged artery.
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