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Diane Disney Miller

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The Resume

    (December 18, 1933-November 19, 2013)
    Born in Los Angeles, California
    Daughter of Walt Disney
    Husband Ron W. Miller became CEO of the Walt Disney Company
    Operated Silverado Vineyards in Napa Valley
    Donated $25 million to construction of the Walt Disney Concert Hall for the Los Angeles Philharmonic
    Board member for the San Francisco Symphony
    President of the board of the Walt Disney Family Foundation
    Co-founder of the Walt Disney Family Museum (2009)

Why she might be annoying:

    The Los Angeles Times reported her birth under the headline 'Mickey Mouse Has a Daughter.'
    She dropped out of college to get married.
    She treated criticism of her father as a personal attack on her.
    When she described herself as a housewife, her husband added 'If you like your housewives tough as hell.'

Why she might not be annoying:

    Walt was reportedly inspired to create Disneyland by taking her and her sister Sharon to L.A.'s Griffith Park to ride the merry-go-round.
    She and Ron Miller were married for 59 years.
    She intervened to keep Frank Gehry from being fired as architect for the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
    She decided to launch the Walt Disney Family Museum to promote the memory of her father as a person, noting 'I've met young people who think he was just a corporate logo.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 34 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 38.89% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 112 Votes: 62.50% Annoying