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Portrait Gallery bleeding Dodger blue

By: Jeff Dufour and Kiki Ryan
Washington Examiner
09/17/09 4:44 PM EDT


Remember that scene in “Fletch” where Chevy Chase’s character says, “I hate Tommy Lasorda!” as he punches a photo of the great Dodger manager on the wall?

Well, Fletch would likely be unwelcome in the National Portrait Gallery come next week, when Lasorda’s portrait is hung. The date: Sept. 22, Lasorda’s 82nd birthday.

The life-sized painting, by Everett Raymond Kinstler, will join portraits of Dodgers stars Don Drysdale, Leo Durocher, Sandy Koufax and Jackie Robinson, among others in the museum.

“I have been honored many times in the past, and am appreciative of them all,” said Lasorda in a statement, “but to be included in the National Portrait Gallery is very special and very humbling.”




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