Reuters: People News: Pioneering British broadcaster David Frost dies of a heart attack

Reuters: People News Reuters.com is your source for breaking news, business, financial and investing news, including personal finance and stocks. Reuters is the leading global provider of news, financial information and technology solutions to the world's media, financial institutions, businesses and individuals. // via fulltextrssfeed.com

Design-Led Engineering Sourcebits - When your Mobile App has to be absolutely developed right. We've built more than 20 apps that have cracked the Top 10 in the App Store. From our sponsors

Pioneering British broadcaster David Frost dies of a heart attack Sep 1st 2013, 12:34 Tweet Share this Email Print Related Topics Entertainment » Fashion » People » Lifestyle » David Frost arrives for the GQ Men of the Year 2010 Awards at the Royal Opera House in London September 7, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Luke MacGregor LONDON | Sun Sep 1, 2013 8:34am EDT LONDON (Reuters) - British journalist David Frost, best known for interviewing former U.S. President Richard Nixon, died of a heart attack on Saturday at the age of 74, the BBC said on Sunday. Frost is most famous for a 1977 interview during which Nixon apologized for the Watergate scandal - when his Republican party staff bugged the opposition Democrats' offices. "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. His family are devastated and ask for privacy at this difficult time," the BBC quoted from a family statement. Immortalized 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. Prime Minister David Cameron paid tribute to him on Sunday. "My heart goes out to David Frost's family. He could be - and certainly was with me - both a friend and a fearsome interviewer," Cameron said on Twitter. (Reporting by Costas Pitas; Editing by Louise Ireland) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed, or manage all your subscriptions