BLACK SABBATH - 13-TIME OSCAR-WINNING PRODUCER DALY DEAD AT 71

Producer John Daly, whose films garnered 13 best-movie Oscars over 40 years,died of cancer Friday in Los Angeles at age 71. In the late '60s, Dalyteamed with actor David Hemmings to form the Hemdale Group, which initiallymanaged several rock bands that became part of the so-called BritishInvasion, including Yes and Black Sabbath. In 1971, Daly bought outHemmings's interest in the company and moved it into films and stageproductions. Within a few years it had become the leading independent filmstudio in Britain, turning out more than 100 films. He is the onlyindependent film producer who ever won back-to-back best-picture Oscars,when Platoon won in 1986, followed by The Last Emperor in1987.

03/11/2008