Band leader Miller died in brothel, paper says

A German newspaper said Saturday that wartime band leader Glenn Miller died of a heart attack in the arms of a French prostitute in 1944 and not, as officially reported, in a plane crash.

The mass-circulation Bild newspaper alleged that the famed trombonist and exponent of the big band swing sound, who was portrayed by the late James Stewart in a film biography, met his death in a Paris brothel.Bild said the secret was a typical example of wartime misinformation, and the true cause of Miller's death was concealed to keep his legend alive and protect the morale of U.S. troops.