Miller leaves 'legacy of a life well-lived'
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Larry Miller's casket, appropriately painted with blue and white racing stripes to match his favorite race car, was surrounded by wreaths of flowers sent from — among others — each of the major colleges and universities in the state, the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Utah Highway Patrol.
"Yes, Utah knows this guy," said Elder M. Russell Ballard of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, playing off Larry Miller's television advertising campaign. "And we love him."
Larry Miller frequently went out of his way to help those less fortunate than he, said LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson, who named the businessman as a personal friend and confidant.
Once, President Monson recalled, when a local burger joint was in danger of closing, Larry Miller set the owner up with new, rent-free property so he could continue making the "best burgers in town."
"Those kinds of things — the little things Larry did every day — weren't in the newspapers," Monson said. "If we will just remember not to overlook the forlorn, not to shun a person who has no friends, but rather open wide our hearts and souls, everywhere we go we'll have an opportunity to pay tribute to Larry."
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