David Frost was a jester until he was a king. After that, he was somewhere in between but always closer to royalty than risible. The Frost-Nixon interview saw to that. The storied journalist just passed away from a heart attack at 74. Here’s a collection of all the posts on the site about him.

• Being blasted as a gullible lightweight by Mike Wallace. (1977)

• A Life magazine portrait of Frost at 28. (1968)

• A remembrance of Frost by former girlfriend Caroline Cushing Graham.

• Interviewing Muhammad Ali in a boxing ring. (1974)

• Marty Feldman delivers David Frost’s (mock) obituary. (1968)

• Frost asks Nixon to pressure Bobby Fischer to play a key chess match.

• Talking to the scary Joan Crawford. (1970)

• Interviewing Truman Capote. (1969)

• Bullied by Yippies. (1970)

• Scuffling with Margaret Thatcher. (1975)

• Questioning the deposed Shah of Iran. (1980)

• Interview with biologist Craig Venter. (2012)

• Speaking with Orson Welles. (1970)

• Interviewing John and Yoko. (1969)

• Interviewing John and Yoko. (1972)

• Frost grills Sirhan Sirhan.

• Listening to Duke Ellington, Billy Taylor and Willie “the Lion” Smith. (1969)

• Listening to the Carpenters. (1970)

• Joking with the Flip Wilson alter ego Geraldine Jones. (1970)

• Speaking to A&P heir Huntington Hartford.

• Interview with football coach Brian Clough. (1974)