 Moss Empires , the largest British Music Hall chain , closed the majority of its theatres in 1960 , closely followed by the death of music hall stalwart Max Miller in 1963 , prompting one contemporary to write that : " Music @-@ halls ... died this afternoon when they buried Max Miller " . Miller himself had sometimes said that the genre would die with him . Many music hall performers , unable to find work , fell into poverty ; some did not even have a home , having spent their working lives living in digs between performances . 
