Comments about ‘Larry Miller: A life fully lived’

A statue of Larry H would be a good way for future generations to learn about and remember all he has done for Utah. It belongs somewhere close to Brigham Young's.

What a great person. Let's retire a Jersey and a Toyota in the rafters of ESA.

Larry would also be the first to tell you about the mistakes he made, over-emphasis on some financial things, at the expense of family and health.

In recent years, he did a lot to correct that. Was it too little, too late? Not my place to judge.
But, after all, "we know this guy."

Sounds to me like you are judging "Anonymous" NO ONE IS PERFECT! Larry Miller wasn't affraid to admit his mistakes... EVEN to the world! He has NOTHING to be ashamed of! He wasn't always home to help raise his family... but HE WAS creating great jobs, giving Hundreds of Thousands of dollars to young people for an education WHICH will benefit even you and your children in the long run! All of his children have nothing but love and respect for this loving father, loving man of the people of Utah!
We're blessed for knowing "This Guy"! His life was cut short because he was wanted and needed in Heaven! Because after all, GOD has a plan!

Rest in peace Mr. Miller and Thank You for EVERYTHING!

I agree a stature of larry in front of the ES arena would be great..one where he is with family or involved with serving his fellow man..or it could be a good size plaque.

There are always sacrifices to be made to be successful in any arena of life. Fortunately, he made his family a large part of that success so he never lost any of them. Hopefully the rest of us can learn from that example.

I was with Mr. Miller for two months at the wound clinic. He was good man and I am glad I had a chance to be with him. I will never forget him, I looked forward to seeing him everyday. We use to joke around and talk about football, Jazz and the Denver Nuggets. I feel like I lost a family member, he was that kind of guy. The little time I spent with him, I could see this man he had great vision. That is what admired about him the most he could see things that most of us could not.

I remember I told him to keep fighting and Larry looked at me and said you to Walt, you keep fighting to. We both had our 4th and 5th toes taken off. We use to tease each other, I called him my brother another mother.



God Speed Boss, God Speed!

Larry wore his emotions on his sleeve, would get overly exuberant at games and overly sentimental at press conferences. He would do things that would drive you nuts ... yet he managed to work his way into our hearts. Its tough not having him here.

Larry called me on New Years day 2003 to thank me for a service I had rendered the LDS community. He invited me and three family members to attend the JAZZ game of my choice with him. He called at least for additional times to make arrangements, and before we were finished, 9 of my family members (I have 12 children) were with him at the game and the buffet. I sat next to him in his wife's chair. She could not attend the game. We sat on the front row or the 3rd row. He amazed me. I wrote this of him in my journal after the game: "I came away with the impression that Larry Miller is one of the nicest men I have met. He has more money that Minnesota, but he loves to do nice things for people and there are no strings attached. He is a truly wonderful person." I will miss him. I do know this guy!

Mr. Miller has given more to this state than we will ever know, mostliy because it wasn't after praise. A true attribute of a man is one who has, and gives and whats no recognition or no one to know what he has given and how much. Something that Mr. Miller has displayed time and time again. Gail, may you have the comfort of our creator at this sacred and special time. You deserve as much of the praise the Larry gets also. Without you, he wouldn't be the success that he is.

I wouldn't mind see the arena renamed " Larry & Gail Miller arena or something to that effect.

God bless and Thank you for your great example as well as Larry's of how to use one wealth to benefit others.

Wow, I am sad to hear this. He was truly a great guy despite the things that were negative about him or what the media needed to publicize in order to make money off him.

A few years ago I happened to meet Mr. Miller at the Smith's grocery store on 6th Avenue In SLC. He was as nice as he could be. We chatted for a bit about the Jazz and the new statue of John Stockton. We shook hands and never once did he act annoyed or say, "I'm Larry H. Miller! Who the heck are YOU! Leave me ALONE!!!

I saw this posted elsewhere, perhaps in the SL Tribune, but a fitting memorial to Mr. Miller would be to rename the ESA (a horrible name) to the Larry H. Miller Centre.

I also think the proposal to rename the (Delta Center + ESA) The Larry H. Miller Center would be most fitting!! In actuality it is HIS building - he built it and saw the vision for it and made it happen. His jersey should be raised to the rafters also.

He was a blessing to this community and state and all of the rest of us benefitted from his generosity. Our best wishes go out to his wife Gail and to his family. I personally wish them much peace at this time of sorrow for them. May they know of the appreciation and gratitude that we feel for them at this time. We all shall miss him !

OK guys, so they rename the arena to Larry H. Miller Center. Who is going to pay the millions every year that EnergySolutions is forking out for the naming rights? I just wish people would think about things with a tiny ounce of logic before spouting off.

I have no idea what number they'd retire for Mr. Miller, but I love the idea of renaming the ESA (or perhaps to keep the $$$ from corporate sponsers, it could be Larry H. Miller Court inside).

I think they should retire his chair. Don't let anyone else sit in it, cause I kinda have the feeling Mr. Miller might be there from time to time, watching HIS team play...

The naming rights could be kept as the ESA or who every owns the naming rights at the time and Larry's name could be included in some aspect of the arena or the block on which it resides

Thank you Larry for giving us the Utah Jazz. I've been watching the Jazz since 1990 and it's a real pleasure being a fan of this team. Thank you for all your effort and sacrifice to make this team as it is now. One of the greatest owner ever! RIP.
Jazz fan from Indonesia

to Nice sentiment but c'mon:

They could rename the ESA tomorrow after LHM. They wouldn't have to pay a dime for it either, it's their building. Why would they have to fork out millions to themselves???

I just wish people would think about things with a tiny ounce of logic before spouting off.

This man was truly a Utah hero. A great humanitarian. He established a scholarship fund at the University Of Utah for students from hard working middle income and impoverished households. He donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to this fund. He transformed so many young lives who will go on to "pay it forward" for Larry Miller. He was everyman in every respect. I loved this man and will miss him greatly.