Joan Sutton Straus, the Sun’s award\u002Dwinning first lifestyle editor and a journalist who joined the paper the day it was born, has died.
“There was Paul Rimstead getting drunk. There was me pouring out love stuff and there was Peter Worthington riding an elephant. And that was part of the personality of the newspaper.” She lamented much of that was lost when the paper was sold to Maclean Hunter in 1982.TelegramSunIn a recent interview, Anthony described Sutton Straus as a loyal friend and a trailblazer, praising her independence and her “irreverent sense of humour.”Article contentback in 1972.
“It was made clear to us, in a professional and cordial fashion, that we’re the work horses, and Paul Rimstead and the sports section would be the stars. And we supported that 100% and thought It was logical.” But, said Anthony, “Three or four months in, people were stopping us on the street. People, the readers, chose their own stars. The readers made us — they lifted us.It was an experience Sutton Straus described just days ago as “the happiest professional time of my life.”
“Her columns just took off,” said Anthony. “The more she wrote from the heart — people just couldn’t get enough of it.Article content“We worked very hard and loved every minute. It was a lot of hard work but we also had such a good time … and there was that chemistry at theSutton Straus may have been known as the love columnist, but she also understood the newspaper business. She also knew how to attract female readers to the fledgling paper.
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