Garnet Porter, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 27-May-1866
Date of Death: 06-Mar-1945
Profession: newspaper editor
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Garnet Porter
- Garnet Clay Porter (May 27, 1866 – March 6, 1945) was an American-born journalist and newspaper editor in Manitoba, Canada.
- He was also known as "the Colonel".He was born in Russellville, Kentucky.
- Before coming to Canada, he was a legal counsel, Kentucky outlaw, soldier of fortune and Yukon prospector.
- Porter also served with Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders.
- He was named a colonel and aide to the governor in Kentucky after backing the right candidate for state governor while he was a newspaper editor.
- Porter came to Toronto in 1900 and worked as a reporter for The Toronto World until 1904, when he became editor-in-chief for the Calgary Herald.
- In 1906, he joined the staff of the Winnipeg Telegram, where he was news editor, then managing editor and finally editor-in-chief.While editor at the Telegram, Porter wrote a story calling bank-robber Jack Krafchenko a crook.
- The next day, Krafchenko, armed with a Luger, confronted Porter in his office.
- Porter was able to distract Krafchenko and pull out his own gun.
- He then made Krafchenko drop his weapon and leave the office.In 1916, Porter left the Telegram to start his own news service.
- He also worked as a freelance reporter for various newspapers, including the Vancouver Daily Province, Montreal Star and Toronto Evening Telegram.
- In 1920, when the Telegram merged with the rival Winnipeg Tribune, Porter began working for the Tribune.Later in life, he continued to write a column for the Saturday Tribune called "The Old-Timer Talks" and also wrote crime stories for detective magazines.
- Porter died in his sleep at home in Winnipeg at the age of 78.
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