search diane disney miller born diane marie disney 1933 12 18 december 18 1933 los angeles california u.s. died november 19 2013 2013 11 19 aged 79 napa california u.s. resting place forest lawn memorial park glendale spouse s ron w. miller m. 1954 children 7 parent s walt disney lillian bounds disney signature diane disney miller december 18 1933 november 19 2013 1 was the oldest and only biological child of walt disney and his wife lillian bounds disney . 2 contents 1 disney legacy 2 personal life 3 see also 4 references 5 external links disney legacy edit miller published a series of eight pieces for the saturday evening post in 1956 titled my dad walt disney co written with pete martin . 3 in 1957 she published the book the story of walt disney . 4 after her husband was removed from his executive position at walt disney productions in 1984 miller began to limit her involvement with the company . 5 miller was instrumental in pushing ahead with the walt disney concert hall in downtown los angeles . the project was initiated with a 50 million gift from her mother in 1988 but was stalled for a time due to cost negotiations . miller ensured the original design by frank gehry went ahead and the hall finally opened in 2004 . miller was present at the disneyland 50th birthday celebration on july 17 2005 where she read her father s original dedication of the theme park from 50 years prior . she was directly involved in organizing development of the walt disney family museum in the presidio of san francisco 6 which opened in october 2009 . personal life edit when she was 20 years old disney and then usc trojans football player ron miller were introduced on a blind date . after a period of dating the couple were married in a small church wedding on may 9 1954 . their first child christopher was born in december of the same year . the couple would go on to have six more children joanna b. 1956 tamara later scheer ; b. 1957 jennifer later miller goff ; b. 1960 walter elias disney miller b. 1961 ronald b. 1963 and patrick b. 1967 . five months after their wedding miller s husband was drafted into the u.s. army . following his army service miller played a season as tight end with the los angeles rams . 7 in the early 1970s the millers purchased a vineyard in napa valley . their intention was to upgrade the property replant to premium varietals install new trellising and frost protection but not to build or run a winery . miller and her husband decided to construct their own winery in 1980 . beginning in 1981 they operated silverado vineyards winery on a tract of their napa property . diane disney miller died on november 19 2013 at age 79 from medical complications that developed after a fall . she is interred at forest lawn memorial park glendale where her father s ashes are also located . 8 the film saving mr. banks is dedicated to her memory disney miller died shortly before it opened theatrically . 9 see also edit list of celebrities who own wineries and vineyards references edit colker david november 19 2013 . diane disney miller dies at 79 ; philanthropist championed disney hall . the los angeles times . retrieved november 20 2013 . miller dead 1200856548 diane disney miller philanthropist and daughter of walt disney dies at 79 check url value help . variety . november 19 2013 . retrieved november 20 2013 . disney walt ; jackson kathy merlock 2006 . walt disney conversations . up of mississippi . p. 25 . isbn 9781578067138 . mosley leonard 1990 . disney s world . scarborough house . p. 15 . isbn 9781589796560 . slotnik daniel e. 20 november 2013 . diane disney miller 79 keeper of walt s flame dies . the new york times . retrieved 15 june 2015 . jackson kathy merlock ; west mark i. 2014 . walt disney from reader to storyteller essays on the literary inspirations . mcfarland . p. 2 . isbn 9780786472321 . nfl roster for ron miller . diane disney miller on neal gabler retrieved on august 29 2007 jay weston 9 december 2013 . tom hanks is walt disney in saving mr. banks . the huffington post . retrieved 20 july 2014 . external links edit diane disney miller at the internet movie database silverado vineyards site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title diane disney miller & oldid 743527408 categories 1933 births2013 deathspeople from napa county californiaamerican philanthropistspeople from los angelesaccidental deaths from fallsaccidental deaths in californiawine merchantsburials at forest lawn memorial park glendale disney familyhidden categories pages with url errorsuse mdy dates from april 2014biography with signaturearticles with hcards navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages danskdeutschespa olfran ais polskit rk e edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 02 09 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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