John Caldon, Founder of Flame Distribution, Dies at 73 Variety 2/19/2021 John Caldon, founder of Flame Media (parent company of Australian TV distributor Flame Distribution), has died. He was 73. Flame said that Caldon died of cancer on Tuesday (Feb. 16, 2021). “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the loss of inspirational John Caldon, chairman and CEO of Flame Media,” the company said in a statement. More from Variety Born in the U.K. and identifying as a Yorkshireman, Caldon emigrated to Australia in 1973. Since establishing Flame in 2010, he and his life and business partner Lyndey Milan, an award-winning Australian food/drink TV personality, split their time between the two countries.