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Question of the Day A makeshift memorial along Vin Scully Way in front of Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, honors former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, who died last week. (Keith Birmingham/The Orange County Register via AP) more > By BETH HARRIS - Associated Press - Tuesday, January 19, 2021
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda was memorialized during a private service Tuesday at Dodger Stadium before his burial.
Lasorda died Jan. 7 after a heart attack at age 93.
His casket, covered with a huge assortment of blue and white flowers, was placed on the pitcher’s mound with a blue 2, signifying Lasorda’s jersey number, on the back of the mound.
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Gravesites are filling up fast across one of Americaâs largest cemeteries.
âWeâve seen an increase since the beginning of the coronavirus, but more so during this latest surge,â said Antoinette Lou, a spokesperson for Rose Hills Memorial Park and Mortuary, a 14,000-acre site in Southern California.
She says calls about services have increased 200% in the last month.
âWeâve been around for over 100 years and have not seen anything of this size,â Lou said. âA lot of the cases coming in, hospitals are overwhelmed.â
The death rate during the COVID-19 pandemic is so high in Los Angeles County that an emergency order has been issued lifting environmental limits on the number of cremations that can be performed every month.