Biographie
He was a Canadian journalist. A foreign correspondent with the Toronto Telegram newspaper from 1956, Worthington was an eyewitness to the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963, and can be seen in photographs of the event.
He remained with the Telegram until it folded in 1971. Worthington was the founding editor of the Toronto Sun newspaper, which was created by former Telegram employees upon that newspaper's demise.
Service militaire
He was a Tail Gunner in the (FAA) RCNVR during the Second World War 1944. (He was released 1946.) He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant RCN(R). (He was released.) (Transferred to the Army).
He joined the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry as a Lieutenant in 1950. In the Korean War he was a platoon commander, then battalion intelligence officer in the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) in Korea, and ended the war with the U.S. Air Force, 6147 Mosquito Squadron, directing air strikes at enemy targets.
