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Most definitely. He was famously distant, described by one acquaintance as being as cold as a fish on ice in a market, but once he got to know a person he formed a lasting bond.

Among his band members he was especially close to Trigger Alpert, Tex Beneke, and Ray McKinley. Beneke was somewhat of a "pet" and was accused of being protected by Miller, but on the rare occasions when he did mess up, Miller could be as unforgiving as with anyone else who didn't do their job well.

He was also close to Cecil Madden, his producer for BBC broadcasts in England. Madden later helped The Beatles to fame, was knighted, and became head of the BBC, but always considered his greatest regret to be his inability to keep Miller from taking that last flight in December 1944.

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