Broadcaster Sir David Frost Dies

[Jimbuna]

One of the best of his generation.

RIP Sir

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23920336

[Rhodes]

RIP!

[BossMark]

RIP David

[Oberon]

A terrible shame, used to enjoy watching him on 'Breakfast with Frost' on Sundays, a legendary interviewer, both courteous and direct, he has inspired a generation of broadcasters.

RIP, and thank you.

[STEED]

One of the few no more, a man who live life to the full.

[TarJak]

Sad news. Remember watching him during the late 60s and early 70s. Even as a kid I enjoyed his interviewing style.

[eddie]

Sad news about one of the best! May he RIP

[vienna]

This is sad; too bad there aren't really any of his sort around today. I remember him from way back, starting with "That Was The Week That Was" in the mid-60s. His subsequent projects were always informative, intelligent, and entertaining. His Nixon interviews are a benchmark I wish current newscasters ot which would aspire...

Thank You, David and RIP...


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[Jimbuna]

It is said he had a contacts list second to none.

[u crank]

One of the good ones.

R.I.P. David.

This is sad; too bad there aren't really any of his sort around today.

I wonder if he could get a job on some of the networks today. :hmmm:

[vienna]

I wonder if he could get a job on some of the networks today. :hmmm:

Most likely, not; considered intelligence, broad knowledge, interview skills, and all the other attributes of people such as Frost are not sought in the sound-bite, 'Fox News' era today. Saw a photo the other day of Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Murrow seated together in a studio and my first thought was very similar to yours: those men would never be hired today...


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[eddie]

Here's a link to some of his famous interviews, including Nixon, McCartney in 1965 (who said he would retire by 2010,lol) a British MP named Powell, not familiar with him, and some others you might remember.

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/iv-drip/rip-david-frost-watch-the-best-clips-from-his-50year-career-8793223.html

[Jimbuna]

Good old Enoch....derided in his prime but probably telling many "I told you so" right now.

[Bubblehead1980]

Ah what a shame.

[Platapus]

40 years. That's a long and respectable career.

[TarJak]

Local TV aired an interview of Frost by Parkinson last night. Some interesting anecdotes. Fantastic to see two of the best interviewers of the past 40 years together.