She will be remembered for her grace and generosity and tireless work to preserve her father’s legacy, and she will be greatly missed by all who knew her. Diane Disney Miller Daughter to Walt and Lillian Disney and founder of The Walt Disney Family Museum, Diane Disney Miller was just like her dad: a creative force with the persistence to follow dreams and make a difference. “As the beloved daughter of Walt Disney and one of his inspirations for creating Disneyland, she holds a special place in the history of the Walt Disney Company and in the hearts of fans everywhere. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of Diane Disney Miller, and our thoughts are with her family during his difficult time,” Disney president and CEO Bob Iger said in a statement. Miller also was the founder and head of the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco.
When I say we - Frank has achieved that.” “That would be just a wonderful thing for the city, for the spirit, for the soul. “I wanted something that would bear my father’s name, that would come from his wealth but not be commercial,” Miller told the Times. “She’s an amazing lady and continues to be - for the project, for classical music and for the arts.” I had left the project, and in the next day or two, I got the call” that Miller had made the crucial decision not to go forward without him. “She was the turning point, definitely,” Gehry told the Los Angeles Times in September.
Miller, however, said the $20 million left from her mother’s original gift could not be used unless Gehry’s firm remained in charge. Widowed and divorced, she is survived by three children from those two marriages, her mother, Lillian, and an older sister, Diane Disney Miller. Project leaders believed Gehry’s firm was too inexperienced to execute the drawings for the hall’s all-curves design and wanted another company to complete the plans. In 1997, Diane Disney Miller insisted that Gehry be kept on the job as planning was well underway for the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
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