Peter Worthington

Worthington, a former staff reporter at the Toronto Telegram, covered the Vietnam War and witnessed Lee Harvey Oswald’s murder. During his long career, he also reported on conflicts in the Gaza Strip, the Portuguese Colonial War, the invasion of Netherlands’ New Guinea by Indonesia and was in the northeast frontier of India when Chinese forces invaded, the Sun reported. During the Cold War, Worthington opened a bureau in Moscow in 1965. After the Telegram folded in 1971, Worthington, J. Douglas Creighton and Don Hunt founded the Toronto Sun. Worthington was the editor-in-chief for 12 years and helped launch the Ottawa Sun in the late 1980s. Worthington is survived by his wife, Yvonne Crittenden, and children Casey Worthington, Guy Crittenden, Danielle Crittenden, and six grandchildren. Worthington’s son-in-law, journalist David Frum, said a memorial service will be held in Toronto in the next few days.