Sir David Frost remembered

A man whom I admired passed away last night. Sir David Frost. I admired his style of interviewing, I envied the people with whom he got to meet and know and will long remember the way he was able to do what he did - he had a way to get people to open up. A little known secret about me, whilst I love and am passionate about photography, THIS is the very occupation I would most like to do.

Veteran British journalist David Frost is being remembered as an icon of modern broadcasting, after dying of a heart attack at the age of 74.
Best-known for interviewing former US president Richard Nixon post Watergate, his five-decade career also spanned comedy and light entertainment.
British prime minister David Cameron paid tribute to the broadcaster saying he was, to him, both a friend and a fearsome interviewer who had made a huge impact on television and politics.
Fellow broadcaster Michael Parkinson said Sir David broke boundaries after starting his career with the groundbreaking satirical news show That Was The Week That Was.

A statement released by his family said: "Sir David died of a heart attack last night aboard the Queen Elizabeth which is a Cunard (cruise) liner where he was giving a speech."
High points of Frost’s life and career

• Began presenting satirical cult TV show That Was The Week That Was in the 60s

• Interviewed The Beatles, Orson Welles and Prince Charles while fronting trail-blazing The Frost Programme

• 1977 interview with former US president Richard Nixon on the Watergate scandal, watched by 45 million

• Played by Michael Sheen in the 2008 film about the encounter, which won five Oscar nominations

• Knighted in 1993, becoming Sir David

• Wrote 17 books, produced eight films and started two British TV networks

• Married Lady Carina Fitzalan-Howard, second daughter of the Duke of Norfolk, in 1983 and had three sons

"His family are devastated and ask for privacy at this difficult time.
"A family funeral will be held in the near future and details of a memorial service will be announced in due course."
He was 'tough but never rude'
Frost's list of interviewees, from presidents and prime ministers to royalty and show-business celebrities, was expansive.
On the surface, Frost's interviewing style could come across as soft, but the friendly veneer allowed him to extract intriguing information with more blunt questions.
Sir David is most famous for a 1977 interview during which Mr Nixon apologised for the Watergate scandal - when his Republican party staff bugged the opposition Democrats' offices.
Immortalised in the 2008 film, Frost Nixon, he was a pioneer of broadcasting for more than half a century, including the satirical program That Was The Week That Was, and appeared in several British television programs in recent years.
Frost was knighted in 1993, becoming Sir David.
With his extensive contacts book, his annual summer garden parties were often a who's-who of the rich and famous.
The broadcaster wrote 17 books, produced several films and started two British television networks, London Weekend Television and TV-am.
In 1983, he married Lady Carina Fitzalan-Howard, second daughter of the Duke of Norfolk - the premier duke in the English nobility, who has a role in organising state occasions. They had three sons

(article reproduced from www.abc.net.au and can be seen HERE)