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 ...

In June of 1991, his son Tommy Jr. — known around the clubhouse as “Spunky,” — died at age 33 from AIDS-related complications. Lasorda never publicly acknowledged that Spunky was gay ...

Lasorda, known as Jo, whom he married in 1950; a daughter, Laura; and a granddaughter. His son, Thomas Jr., died in 1991. Over the years, Tommy Jr. was widely reported to have been gay and an AIDS ...

Uncle Tommy, as he was known ... and a granddaughter. His son, Tom Lasorda Jr., had AIDS and died in 1991 from pneumonia. A heart attack in 1996 forced Mr. Lasorda to retire as a manager, but ...

There is a larger and more delicate issue this book skirts. Tommy Lasorda Jr., estranged from his father, died of AIDS in 1991; he is mentioned briefly in a note from Lasorda at the end ...

It's a wonder Tommy Lasorda didn't spontaneously combust while ... Lasorda also had kids of his own: a daughter, Laura, and a son, Tom Jr., who died in 1991 of "probable acquired immune deficiency ...

Tommy Lasorda, Dodgers legend and Hall of ... Lasorda also refused to accept and acknowledge that his son, Tom Lasorda Jr., was gay and that he had AIDS. Lasorda Jr. died at age 33, and Lasorda ...

BALTIMORE The eulogies were still coming in for his mentor, Al Campanis, when Tommy Lasorda, with the blessing of his fellow paisan Bob Graziano, reascended to the Dodger blue throne of power in ...