Roz Wyman, Who Helped Bring the Dodgers to Los Angeles, Dies at 92
As a City Council member, she vowed to bring Major League Baseball to the city and persuaded the team’s owner, Walter O’Malley, to move from Brooklyn.
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As a City Council member, she vowed to bring Major League Baseball to the city and persuaded the team’s owner, Walter O’Malley, to move from Brooklyn.
In 1953 at age 22, Rosalind "Roz" Wyman became the youngest person — and the second woman — elected to the Los Angeles City Council. While in office, she helped convince the Brooklyn Dodgers to relocate to L.A. She died at age 92 on October 28, 2022.
Rosalind Wyman, the youngest person ever elected to the Los Angeles City Council, at age 22 in 1953, was best known for keeping an unusual campaign promise – vowing to bring Major League Baseball to Los Angeles.
In a statement, Pelosi remembered her friend as a “force of nature.”
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