David Frost was born on April 7, 1939 in Tenterden, Kent, England as David Paradine Frost.



A statement said: "His family are devastated and ask for privacy at this difficult time.

"The president blames "domestic terror" for the unrest, as Democrats say he went to "spread hate".

At the same time, Sir David began work on The David Frost Show in the US.He later conducted a series of interviews with Mr Nixon, who had resigned the presidency two years earlier, in which the former president came close to apologising to the public for his role in the Watergate scandal. Sir David Frost, broadcaster and writer, dies at 74 - BBC News




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"In 1993, the year he was knighted, he began presenting Breakfast with Frost - which had begun life on ITV - a Sunday show on BBC in which he interviewed newsworthy figures.BBC director general Tony Hall said: "From satire to comedy to the big political interviews, for more than 50 years he brought us the history of the world we live in today, that's the mark of the man.

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Born in 1939, he died at the age of 74 in August 2013. He was a prime mover in the satire boom of the 1960s.

"He was a pioneer.



Sir David himself appeared at the premiere of the film in 2008.Playwright Peter Morgan said: "He was a legendary broadcasting figure and a member of the British broadcasting landscape for two generations and in many ways his success was very un-English.





He died on August 31, 2013. The story of the pioneer in broadcasting who conducted The Nixon Interviews.





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He was in love with television.


















After university he went to work at ITV before he was asked to front the BBC programme That Was The Week That Was, which ran between 1962 and 1963.Casting a satirical eye over the week's news, the show boasted scriptwriters including John Cleese, John Betjeman and Dennis Potter.The Frost Report brought together John Cleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett in a sketch show which would influence many comedy writers including the Monty Python crew.



"He made a huge impact on television and politics."





"Prime Minister David Cameron said: "Sir David was an extraordinary man, with charm, wit, talent, intelligence and warmth in equal measure.



One of The Frost Report's most enduring pieces was the "class sketch", featuring Cleese, Barker and Corbett.The Frost Programme for ITV followed, which saw Sir David move away from comedy into in-depth interviews with political figures, royalty and celebrities.It was on this programme that he had a terse interview with then prime minister Margaret Thatcher over the sinking of the Argentine cruiser Belgrano during the Falklands conflict.

Sir David's often-mimicked catchphrase "hello, good evening and welcome" was by now in full use.



We will all miss him enormously.





A lot of that was down to him and his drive and shaping, influence and personality.

Sir David Frost, in full Sir David Paradine Frost, (born April 7, 1939, Tenterden, Kent, England—died August 31, 2013, at sea), 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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