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May 24, 2020 · She was the college sweetheart, and wife of big band leader, Glenn Miller. [2] When Glenn Miller disappeared, he left behind his wife, the former Helen Burger, originally from Boulder, Colorado, and the two children they adopted in 1943 and 1944, Steven and Jonnie.
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Apr 8, 2021 · After marrying his college sweetheart, Helen Burger, in 1928, Miller continued his freelance work in New York, eventually becoming the music director for the Dorsey Brothers. His work with the Dorseys led him to English bandleader Ray Noble who had Miller organize his American band.
Sixty years after he lost his life while serving his country in World War II, Glenn Miller's recorded performances stand as testimony to his talents - and, by many different yardsticks, his music remains quite popular and entertaining.
Related by birth to the family of Glenn Miller’s wife, the former Helen Dorothy Burger, Alan has had a unique blood bond to the Miller Family and this relationship gave Alan a profound sense of responsibility and insight in preserving and sharing the Miller property and legacy.
Sep 23, 2011 · The years that Glenn Miller had a hit band was not even a decade, and yet he left a lasting imprint into big band, popular, and jazz music. Sixty seven years after Miller's disappearance his final resting spot is still not known.
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Sep 25, 2013 · Two years later he married his college sweetheart, Helen Burger, moved to New York where he worked for the Dorsey Brothers, organized a band for Ray Noble and studied music theory and composition with Joseph Schillinger. Twelve years passed before Miller formed his namesake orchestra.
Nov 23, 2017 · TCM’s “The Glenn Miller Story” is about the true story of bandleader Glenn Miller. Read all about his wife in Helen Burger Miller’s wiki.
