When Did Dave Frost Die?
Sir David Paradine Frost, OBE, was a British television host, journalist, comedian, and writer. He was born on April 7, 1939, in Tenterden, Kent, England, and died on August 31, 2013, aboard the Queen Elizabeth cruise ship en route to England from a speaking engagement in Portugal. Frost was educated at Gillingham Grammar School and…
Sir David Paradine Frost, OBE, was a British television host, journalist, comedian, and writer. He was born on April 7, 1939, in Tenterden, Kent, England, and died on August 31, 2013, aboard the Queen Elizabeth cruise ship en route to England from a speaking engagement in Portugal.
Frost was educated at Gillingham Grammar School and studied history at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. During his time at Cambridge, he was a member of the Footlights Club and performed alongside future comedy legends such as John Cleese and Graham Chapman.
After graduating, Frost joined ITV as a trainee, and his career took off with the satirical show “That Was the Week That Was” in 1962. In 1969, Frost made history when he interviewed Richard Nixon, the former US President, who had resigned in the wake of the Watergate scandal.
The interviews, which were later turned into a documentary, were seen as a triumph of Frost’s tenacity and skill as an interviewer. Frost’s most famous line from the interviews, “The Frost/nixon interviews” was later adapted into a play and a movie.
When Did Dave Frost Die?
Dave Frost died of a heart attack at the age of 74 years, on 31 August 2013.
