R.I.P.: NOLA Sportscaster Bruce Miller Was 81

Bruce Miller

Longtime New Orleans sports broadcaster Bruce Miller, whose career included many years covering the Saints and serving as the play-by-play voice of Tulane University football, died Wednesday.

He was 81, according to a posting at the WWL website.

Colleague Ken Trahan, who worked with Miller at several radio stations, first reported Miller’s death.  Miller’s family told Trahan that he died at home after suffering a heart attack.

“An unassuming man who never courted fortune or fame, Miller simply went about his business on a daily basis, using his God-given talent with his terrific pipes to serve two generations of area fans in many capacities,” remembered Trahan.

“Bronco Bruce,” as his longtime broadcast partner Wayne Mack called him, worked for many years at WDSU-TV and radio, as well as at WGSO Radio and WWL 870 AM Radio, where he retired in 2000.

But it was his role as the voice of Tulane University athletics for which he may have been most revered.  From 1959 to 1977, serving as play-by-play announcer on radio broadcasts for Tulane football games.

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