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The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.
Tommy Lasorda
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Tommy Lasorda
Age: 93 †
Born: 1927
Born: September 22
Died: 2021
Died: January 7
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Thomas Charles Lasorda
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Sports has kept me on the straight and narrow path.
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