Gwyn Thomas (reporter), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gwyn Thomas (reporter)

Canadian reporter

Date of Birth: 16-Aug-1913

Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 05-May-2010

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Gwyn "Jocko" Thomas (August 16, 1913 – May 5, 2010) was a crime reporter with CFRB and the Toronto Star. Born in Toronto, Thomas began his news career as a newsboy at the corner of Bathurst Street and Bloor Street in 1925.
After one year of high school, Thomas was hired by the Toronto Star as a copyboy in 1929.
He worked his way as a general reporter in the early 1930s to becoming the paper's crime reporter by 1939.
In the 1960s, Thomas entered a new medium by becoming a radio crime reporter on CFRB.Thomas' career involved covering the minor criminal activities in Toronto's suburbs, but also famous criminal stories: Christie Pits race riots in 1933. Stanley Buckowski on death row at California's San Quentin prison (1951); and execution 1952. Boyd GangWidely remembered for his unique sign-off at the end of his live radio news reports: "This is Jocko Thomas of The Toronto Star reporting to CFRB...
from police headquarters." Retired in 1989, Thomas died at a long-term care facility in North York at the age of 96.