Bill Millin died on August 17 at 88. Those who have seen The Longest Day will remember the scene where Millin, personal piper to Lord Lovat (portrayed by Leslie de Laspee, the Queen Mother's personal piper, and Peter Lawford, respectively, in the film), played the bagpipes on D-Day in the midst of exploding mortar shells and grenades. "Unarmed apart from the ceremonial dagger in his stocking, he played unflinchingly as men fell all around him."
