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| Name |
Diane Marie Disney |
| Birth |
18 Dec 1933 |
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States  |
| Gender |
Female |
| FamilySearch ID |
MW7W-VCL |
| Death |
19 Nov 2013 |
Napa, Napa, California, United States |
| Burial |
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Person ID |
I97099 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Walter Elias Disney, b. 5 Dec 1901, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States d. 15 Dec 1966, Burbank, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 65 years) |
| Mother |
Lillian Marie Bounds, b. 15 Feb 1899, Spalding, Nez Perce, Idaho, United States d. 16 Dec 1997, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 98 years) |
| Marriage |
13 Jul 1925 |
Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho, United States |
| Divorce |
1939 |
| Family ID |
F31033 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Ronald William Miller, b. 17 Apr 1933, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States d. 9 Feb 2019, Napa, Napa, California, United States (Age 85 years) |
| Marriage |
9 May 1954 |
All Saints-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F31037 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
21 Nov 2024 |
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 | Birth - 18 Dec 1933 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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 | Marriage - 9 May 1954 - All Saints-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States |
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 | Death - 19 Nov 2013 - Napa, Napa, California, United States |
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 | Burial - - Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| Notes |
- Philanthropist. Diane Disney Miller, the eldest daughter of well-known e n tertainer, Walt Disney and his wife Lillian Bounds Disney. Born in Lo s An geles, California, she was a lifelong pianist and a benefactor to th e Sa n Francisco Symphony. Prior to her death, she was president of the b oar d of directors of the Walt Disney Family Foundation. This organizatio n ow ns and operates the Walt Disney Family Museum located in San Francis co. S he also was instrumental in the conception and completion of the Wa lt Dis ney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. She and her husband Ron co-owne d the Sil verado Vineyards Winery in Napa. She is survived by her husband , seven ch ildren, as well as 13 grandchildren and a great-granddaughter . She is pre ceded in death by her father, mother and sister, Sharon.
Cause of death: complications due to a fall.
As of April 2016, there has been no final confirmation on where she is b u ried. Forest Lawn in Glendale where her parents are interred has indica te d that she is NOT buried there or had her ashes scattered there, eithe r .
***Diane Disney Miller, a Napa Valley winemaker and the reason why the W a lt Disney Family Museum is located in San Francisco, died Tuesday.
Mrs. Miller succumbed to injuries suffered in a fall a few months ag o i n Napa, where she had a home. She was 79.
As the only surviving child of Walt and Lillian Disney, Mrs. Miller wa s t he president of the Walt Disney Family Foundation and co-founder, wit h he r son, Walter Elias Disney Miller, of the Walt Disney Family Museum . It o pened in 2009 on the Main Post of the Presidio of San Francisco, n ot fa r from her residence on Russian Hill. Last year more than 100,000 p eopl e visited the museum, which is on track to hit 150,000 in 2013.
"She was totally devoted to the memory of her father. She obviously ju s t worshiped him, and everything she did at the museum was to honor him , a nd to be sure that people knew the accurate story," said Nancy Bechtl e, w ho served with Mrs. Miller on the San Francisco Symphony board and r ecent ly helped her find a new director for the museum.
A resident of the Bay Area since the mid-1980s, Mrs. Miller was a benefa c tor to the Symphony and Napa's "Music in the Vineyards" as well as oth e r charities such as the Pathway Home in Yountville. She also crusade d t o keep Frank Gehry as architect for the Walt Disney Concert Hall in L os A ngeles, which opened 10 years ago.
Diane Marie Disney was born Dec. 18, 1933, an event that caused the Lo s A ngeles Times to proclaim "Mickey Mouse has a daughter." She was educa te d at the University of Southern California, where she met Ron Miller , a m ember of the football team, on a blind date after the Cal-USC game.
They were married in Santa Barbara on May 9, 1954. Miller had a caree r i n pro football before being recruited by his father-in-law. After the ir s even children had grown up, he left the firm, and they left Los Ange les f or Napa, where they owned Silverado Vineyards.
She is survived by her husband; children Christopher Miller, Joanna Mill e r, Tamara Diane Miller, Jennifer Miller-Goff, Walter Elias Disney Mille r , Ronald Miller and Patrick Miller; grandchildren Annabelle Rey, Nick R un eare, Ryan Scheer, Sam Goff, Danielle Durham, Sebastian Runeare, Charl ott e Goff, Lily Goff, Haley Scheer, Reilly Miller, Madeline Goff, Willia m Mi ller and Elias Miller; and great-granddaughter Stella Durham.
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