British journalist David Frost, famous for his interviews with former U.S. President Richard Nixon, died Saturday at age 74. The journalist, victim of a heart attack, died aboard the Cunard cruise ship Queen Elizabeth, while doing a lecture.

The family asked for privacy and said that shortly indicate the details of the funeral.

The British Prime Minister David Cameron  classifyed David Frost as a "friend and an interviewer fierce."

Born in Kent, David Frost studied at Cambridge University and began working at ITV , before being invited to present the program of the BBC 'That Was The Week That Was', between 1962 and 1963. This program, which was a satire on the news of the week, helped propel writers like John Cleese, of Monty Python.

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