“Diane Disney Miller, daughter of Walt Disney and a philanthropist who bucked powers-that-be in Los Angeles to keep architect Frank Gehry on the job during a crucial phase of planning the city’s new concert hall, has died,” writes David Colker in Tuesday’s (11/19) Los Angeles Times. Walt Disney Concert Hall is home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. “Miller died Tuesday at her home in Napa, Calif., from complications of a fall in September, according to close family friend Richard Greene, who co-wrote a biography of her father…. A resident of Napa and San Francisco since the mid-1980s, she chaired a Los Angeles gala in September commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Walt Disney Concert Hall’s debut. ‘I wanted something that would bear my father’s name, that would come from his wealth but not be commercial,’ she said. ‘That would be just a wonderful thing for the city, for the spirit, for the soul. I think we achieved that.’ Miller was born Dec. 18, 1933, in Los Angeles to Walter and Lillian Disney. The next day, the Los Angeles Times declared in an article, ‘Mickey Mouse has a daughter.’ … A complete obituary will follow at latimes.com/obits.”
Posted November 20, 2013
