Roz Wyman, the youngest person ever elected to the Los Angeles City Council at age 22, has died at 92, her family said in a statement. Wyman is credited for helping bring the Dodgers and Lakers to Los Angeles.
Earlier this month, on Wyman's 92nd birthday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to name the fountain overlook in Grand Park the"Roz Wyman Court." It also agreed to install a plaque at the Music Center to honor her.
"If you bleed Dodger blue, you can credit that love to Roz as she helped bring the Dodgers to Los Angeles," Supervisor Hilda Solis said in a statement after the board's Oct. 4 vote."She was also behind the idea of connecting Los Angeles City Hall up to Grand Avenue through a park where all Angelenos could gather. That idea took 60 years to become a reality, but that is why Roz is a visionary whose dreams changed both this city and county.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, issued a statement Thursday calling Wyman"a visionary leader of Los Angeles and godmother to the Democratic Party." Wyman was honored last month at Dodger Stadium, receiving the inaugural Tommy Lasorda I Bleed Dodger Blue Award, recognizing a member of the Los Angeles community that embodies the passion, enthusiasm and love for the Dodgers Lasorda possessed."The name Tommy Lasorda is synonymous with the Dodgers, so it's only fitting that we introduce a new award which encompasses his incredible passion for the organization," Dodger President and CEO Stan Kasten said at the time.
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