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Sir David Paradine Frost OBE (7 April 1939 – 31 August 2013) was a British television host, journalist, comedian and writer. He rose to prominence during the satire boom in the United Kingdom when he was chosen to host the satirical programme That Was the Week That Was in 1962.
Sep 2, 2013 · Sir David Frost was a household name, a man who became a broadcasting legend on both sides of the Atlantic. He began his career at the cutting edge of television satire and went on to...
Frost, Sir David Paradine (1939–2013), broadcaster, was born at Kench Hill maternity home, Tenterden, Kent, the son of the Revd Wilfred John Paradine Frost (1900–1967), Methodist minister, and his wife, Maud Evelyn (Mona), née Aldrich (1903–1991).
Jun 8, 2024 · Sir David Frost was an English talk-show host, journalist, and writer who was noted for his interviews of public figures, notably former U.S. president Richard Nixon, who, under Frost’s skillful questioning, apologized for the Watergate scandal.
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Sir David Paradine Frost, OBE (April 7, 1939 – August 31, 2013) was an English journalist, comedian, writer, media personality, and television host. After graduating from Cambridge University, Frost rose to prominence in the UK when he was chosen to host the satirical program That Was the Week That Was in 1962.
Sep 2, 2013 · David Frost, the British broadcaster whose interviews of historic figures like Henry Kissinger, John Lennon and, most famously, Richard M. Nixon often made history in their own right, died on...
Sep 1, 2013 · Knighted in 1993, he had been awarded the OBE 23 years earlier, aged only 31, for his services to television. By the mid-1970s he had amassed seven major international industry awards, a number...
