Jo Lasorda
Meet Mrs. Jo Lasorda; she is the wife of former major league baseball manager Tommy Lasorda. Once a pitcher with the Kansas city Athletica and the Brooklyn Dodgers has been happily married to Jo, who he described as his soulmate for over 70 years.
No doubt you all baseball fans know everything about the great Tommy Lasorda, therefore allow us to tell you five interesting facts about Mrs. Lasorda.
Jo Lasorda, formerly known as Joan Miller was born on March 14, 1930.
She attended at Greenville High School in South Carolina. She was classmate with Joanne Woodward, who then married actor Paul Newman.
Jo and Tommy Lasorda tied the knot on April 14, 1950.
They had two children together, Tom Jr., known as Spunky born on May 6, 1958, and daughter Laura, born on August 23, 1952. Laura Lasorda is now Laura Goldberg, wife of William Goldberg, mother of Jo’s granddaughter Emily, 22.
Her son Spunky was 33, when he died on June 3, 1991, some sources said, Lasorda Jr. was gay and died of complications from AIDS. However, his father denied he was gay and the cause of death; adding that Spunky didn’t die from AIDS, and wasn’t gay whatsoever, but rather of pneumonia and severe dehydration.
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