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Flame Media chief executive and chairman John Caldon has died at the age of 73 from cancer. John Caldon The UK-born, Australia-based production and distribution executive died on 16 February, having been diagnosed with cancer nearly a year before. Described as a “proud Yorkshireman with a big heart”, Caldon co-created Sydney-based Flame in 2010 with his life and business partner –Australian television cooking personality Lyndey Milan – after emigrating in 1973. The couple split their time between the UK and Australia and considered both countries ‘home’. Flame’s factual sales ar...

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 Lyn...

Yorkshire-born exec founded producer-distributor in 2010