Thomas Lindsay Miller
September 24, 1958-January 27, 1990
Born in Endicott, New York, Tommy Miller got his start in figure skating at the Boulder Figure Skating Club in Colorado. After winning the 1973 Southwestern intermediate men's title, he represented the Colorado Skating Club at the U.S. Championships and won the silver medal in the junior men's event at the 1977 Southwestern Championships. He went on tour as a principal skater with the Ice Capades. He passed away in Los Angeles on January 27, 1990 at the age of thirty-one.
Tommy Miller as The Mad Hatter and The Tin Man in "Showtime On Ice". Photos courtesy Kitty DeLio Laforte.
Memories of Tommy from Kitty DeLio LaForte: "Tommy was an entertainer at heart. He loved the audience and was energized by the crowds. I remember Tommy did not love compulsory school figures, he always was getting off of the ice in the Aspen Room (where figures were done at Colorado Ice Arena), he also loved to talk during patch (school figure practice). I remember his smile it lit up a room and his laugh. What I remember about him the most is his love for entertaining. He skated many roles in the annual Showtime on Ice Production – The Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz, The Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland, Huck Finn in Tom Sawyer just to name a few. He skated each show with energy and commitment. I also remember seeing him at the Ice Capades Reunion November of 1989, he was already very sick then, but said to me that 'I made it to the reunion to see everyone.' I think it meant a lot to him to see everyone again, as he knew he was dying. He passed only 2 months later in Jan. 1990."
*Source for inclusion: Interview with Kitty DeLio Laforte, April 2021
