Sir David Frost, Best Remembered For Interviews With Dick Nixon, R.I.P.

Sir David Frost, the British television personality best remembered for his 1977 televised interviews with former President Richard M. Nixon, passed away on Saturday of an apparent heart attack at age 74, while aboard the Queen Elizabeth cruise ship, where he was scheduled to give a speech.

Mr. Frost was a regular on the BBC's satirical comedy series That Was The Week That Was.  After the BBC took the show of the air, Sir David came to America and became, first a regular, then the host, of NBC's version of TW3 (1964-65).

He later hosted a syndicated TV talk show.

It was in 1977 that Sir David conducted his interviews with former President Nixon.  When asked about his abuses of presidential power, Mr. Nixon came up with this answer, "Well, when the president does it, that means it is not illegal."

In his last years, Sir David conducted interviews with newsmakers for Al Jazeera English.