Hal Gaba | Film executive, 63
Hal Gaba, 63, co-owner of the multimedia holding company Act III Communications, died Monday at his home in Los Angeles after battling cancer, said Joel Amsterdam, a spokesman for the Concord Music Group, which Mr. Gaba chaired and co-owned.
Hal Gaba, 63, co-owner of the multimedia holding company Act III Communications, died Monday at his home in Los Angeles after battling cancer, said Joel Amsterdam, a spokesman for the Concord Music Group, which Mr. Gaba chaired and co-owned.
Mr. Gaba merged Concord with the U.S.-based film production division of Australia's Village Roadshow to form Village Roadshow Entertainment Group in 2008, according to a Concord news release. Mr. Gaba was cochairman of Village Roadshow Pictures, whose credits include Gran Torino, the recent Clint Eastwood film.
Mr. Gaba went on to partner with writer-producer Norman Lear in 1990 at ACT III Communications. The pair became co-owners in 1999 of the independent record and music publishing company Concord Music Group, which has released Grammy-winning records by the likes of Ray Charles.
- AP