caption death_date death_place religion birth_place children name honorific_suffix birth_date known_for alma_mater spouse image article_title birth_name occupation death_cause
frost during an interview with donald rumsfeld in 2005 31 august 2013 ms queen elizabeth , mediterranean methodist tenterden , kent , england 3 sir david frost gbr obe 7 april 1939 '' through the keyhole '' '' breakfast with frost '' '' that frost on sunday '' tv-am was the week that was '' '' gonville and caius college , cambridge lynne -rrb- lady carina fitzalan-howard -lrb- m. 1983 -- 2013 ; frederick his death -rrb- -lrb- m. 1981 -- 1982 ; divorced david frost rumsfeld interview cropped.jpg david frost
 david paradine frost television presenter journalist comedian writer heart attack
david frost

sir david paradine frost , -lrb- 7 april 1939 -- 31 august 2013 -rrb- was an english journalist , comedian , writer , media personality and television host .
after graduating from gonville and caius college , cambridge , frost rose to prominence in the uk when he was chosen to host the satirical programme `` that was the week that was '' in 1962 .
his success on this show led to work as a host on us television .
he became known for his television interviews with senior political figures , among them the nixon interviews with former united states president richard nixon in 1977 , which were adapted into a stage play and film .
frost was one of the `` famous five '' who were behind the launch of itv breakfast station tv-am in 1983 .
for the bbc , he hosted the sunday morning interview programme `` breakfast with frost '' from 1993 to 2005 .
he spent two decades as host of `` through the keyhole '' .
from 2006 to 2012 he hosted the weekly programme `` frost over the world '' on al jazeera english and from 2012 , the weekly programme `` the frost interview '' .
frost died on 31 august 2013 , aged 74 , on board the cruise ship ms `` queen elizabeth '' , on which he had been engaged as a speaker .
in march 2014 , his memorial stone was unveiled in poets ' corner , westminster abbey for his contribution to british culture .
