Career
He was wounded in fighting in the Aley Mountains while covering the civil war in Lebanon in 1983 with a television crew. The crew found shelter for him in the village of Kfar Matta and went for help, but he died from his wounds before they were able to return. Todd, a graduate of University of New Brunswick, covered violence in Biafra, Poland, Belfast and many other conflict areas, while also winning international recognition in much broader areas of journalism.