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Ten years after the band's founder, Alton "Glenn" Miller, was pronounced dead in 1945, the Miller estate authorized the formation of the present orchestra.
Alton High School's Lyndsey Miller (6) sports an ACL brace on her left leg as she and CM's Delaney Griffin eye the ball during last Friday's game against Civic Memorial at Public School Stadium.
• World War II MIA Major Alton “Glenn” Miller, who served in United States Army Air Forces. Miller, a famous Big Band leader, put his successful career on hold to join the military in 1942.
AUBURN – Glenn M. Miller, 72, a resident of Jay, passed away Monday, April 28, 2025, at Andwell Hospice House in Auburn, with his loving family by his side.
Glenn L. Miller, 78, passed away peacefully on March 22, 2025, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born March 9, 1947, in Hutchinson, and was the son of Ervin and Mary (Nisly) Miller.
Alton Glenn Miller was born in Clarinda, Iowa on March 1, 1904. However, it was in North Platte, Nebraska, several years later that Glenn got his musical start when his father brought home a ...
On Dec. 15, 1944, Glenn Miller, one of the kings of the big-band scene — the dance-pop of its time — stepped aboard a military plane to cross the English Channel from England to France.
Miller's plane went down over the English Channel on 15 December 1944. His full name - Major Alton G Miller - is included on the Wall of the Missing at the Cambridge American Cemetery at Madingley.
Alton Glenn Miller (1904-1944) was the most popular and best remembered bandleader during the "big band era" of 20th Century American Popular Music. The father of the Glenn Miller Collections was ...
On Dec. 15, 1944, Glenn Miller, one of the kings of the big-band scene — the dance-pop of its time — stepped aboard a military plane to cross the English Channel from England to France.
Of the twelve to 24 discs in each of today’s 300,000 U. S. juke boxes, from two to six are usually Glenn Miller’s. But Oldtimer Miller is more than a little leery of his spotlighted throne.