Celebrity manager and promoter Harry M Miller dies aged 84
Legendary celebrity manager Harry M Miller has died aged 84, his family has announced.
A statement from the Harry M Miller Group said: “It is with enormous sadness that we share that the visionary agent and theatrical producer Harry M Miller died peacefully in Sydney on Wednesday 4 July.
“By his side were his long term partner Simmone Logue, daughters Justine, Brook and Lauren and their mother Wendy.”
In 2009, Miller spoke to Mumbrella’s Tim Burrowes about his lifetime of managing celebrities such as Graham Kennedy and Alan Jones along with his dealings with the press, where he said his list of friends in the media was very short.
Miller arrived in Sydney from New Zealand in 1963 where he established himself as a concert promoter, bringing acts including Louis Armstrong, The Rolling Stones and The Beach Boys to Australia. He bought Judy Garland to Australia to do three concerts in 1964.
In 1969, Miller staged the US musical Hair in Australia, which he followed up with the Australian productions of Jesus Christ Superstar in and The Rocky Horror Show before moving on to launch ticket service Computicket, which collapsed in 1978.
In the aftermath of Computicket’s failure, Miller was convicted of fraud and served a ten month prison sentence.
Following his release, he established the Harry M Miller management group which was later renamed HMMG when he handed the business over to his daughter, Lauren Miller Cilento, in 2007.
He specialised in advice and communication for individuals that had found themselves under intense public spotlight.
A memorial service for Miller will be announced in due course, the statement said, asking that friends consider a donation to Dementia Australia and the Salvation Army in lieu of flowers.
What a life, it had everything. He was slight in stature but big in every other way, definitely deserves to be called a legend.
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