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Bernard Norman Gannon AO (23 September 1952 – 4 January 2007), known as Ben Gannon, was an Australian film, television and stage producer .
Jan 5, 2007 · THERE was never any certainty of the success of a musical about a gay singer who had recently died of AIDS but the producer Ben Gannon saw a story with heart and soul.
Ben Gannon was born on 23 September 1952 in Maffra, Victoria, Australia. He was a producer and writer, known for Gallipoli (1981), Heartbreak High (2022) and The Heartbreak Kid (1993). He died on 4 January 2007 in Tamarama, New South Wales, Australia.
- Producer, Writer
- September 23, 1952
- Ben Gannon
- January 4, 2007
Ben Gannon, the Australian producer who was instrumental in bringing the Hugh Jackman hit The Boy From Oz to Broadway, died Jan. 4 in Sydney after a battle with cancer. He was 54.
Jan 10, 2007 · Ben Gannon, who died last week aged 54 from cancer and whose funeral service was held yesterday, was born Bernard Norman Gannon in Maffra in Victoria's Gippsland. His father was a land surveyor and farmer. Leaving the Jesuit Xavier College in Melbourne, Gannon undertook NIDA's two-year production course in Sydney.
Jan 5, 2007 · Australian entertainment and entertainers lost a unique champion with the death from cancer (January 2007) at just 54 of Ben Gannon. Ben Gannon was a producer of theatre, film and television who was both visionary and commercially successful - a spectacular combination.
The Boy From Oz producer Ben Gannon has died at his Sydney home after a long battle with cancer. He was 54. Gannon, who is considered one of Australia's most prolific producers, this morning died peacefully at his home in the eastern suburb of Tamarama. He was treated for liver cancer before opening The Boy From Oz in New York in 2003.
