The recent post about the demise of the Sydney tabloid - The Sun- and its fearsome , famous editor, Lindsay Clinch, called Little Caesar, and a few other nicknames , brought forth follow up information. A former Sun reporter recounted how he had seen Clinch , suffering dementia, being led by his second wife , journalist Sally Baker , along the corridor in the Fairfax building ,Broadway, Sydney , to his old Sun office. He was totally bewildered, unable to speak , a sad sight when compared with his earlier days when he had been all powerful . Our informant remembered the day when Clinch raged into the News Editor’s office, threw a copy of the opposition Daily Mirror down on his desk, demanding to know why he did not have the “fucking “ front page story.
Mention was also made in the original post about genial Reg Halliday / Holliday, assistant to the News Editor, who later went to the Sydney Morning Herald . It seems Reg used to bankroll poor cadets when they ran out of money. That is why he often gave them assignments where they were likely to get a good meal. A small group of Sun “old staffers “ recently met in Sydney to mark the 25th anniversary of the eclipse of the paper.
