RIP Zim. I never forgave him for his stubborn spitefulness of benching Bill Lee down the stretch in 1978 as the team was physically falling apart. Yaz pleaded with him to pitch Lee against the Yankees. However, he was a member of the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers-- Brooklyn's only championsip team. Rest in Peace.
In lieu of pulleys, the casket will be thrown into the ground by Pedro Martinez.
After a quick search I found that several 1955 Dodgers of note are still with us: Newcombe, Lasorda, Koufax and Carl Erskin.
Actually Zimmer's first full season with Brooklyn was in 1955 and he didn't do badly at all. He played mostly second base that season as Jim Gilliam shuffled between second and left field. Don hit 15 homers that season and was a pretty good clutch hitter. He got injured in ST in '56 and didn't get into action until May and was hitting 300 when he got badly beaned by Hal Jeffcoat of the Cubs. So serious it was that he missed the rest of the season. RIP.