Gwyn Thomas | |
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![]() Jocko Thomas in the 1930s | |
Born | 1913 |
Died | May 5, 2010 (aged 96) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Occupation | Reporter |
Years active | 1930s–1989 |
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. [1] After one year of high school, Thomas was hired by the Toronto Star as a copyboy in 1929. [2] 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. [3]
Thomas' career involved covering the minor criminal activities in Toronto's suburbs, but also famous criminal stories:
Widely 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. [4]