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Barbara Frum, OC (September 8, 1937 – March 26, 1992) was an American-born Canadian radio and television journalist, acclaimed for her interviews for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Nov 16, 2018 · Barbara Frum died in 1992 of chronic leukemia. She was 54. Her career spanned decades at the CBC, and her legacy continues as the voice that shaped As It Happens.
Sep 4, 2008 · Barbara Frum, née Rosberg, radio and TV journalist (b at Niagara Falls, NY 8 Sept 1937; d 26 Mar 1992 at Toronto). Educated at the University of Toronto, she wrote for numerous magazines, performed on TV and radio in the late 1960s, and did thoughtful, incisive and often acerbic interviews with international figures on CBC Radio's popular ...
Seven years after her death, a photo of Barbara Frum was chosen by the CBC as the foreground illustration on a 46-cent stamp issued in 1999 by Canada Post to honour the Corporation. During her brilliant but sadly shortened career, Barbara Frum earned four ACTRA Awards as Best Host/Interviewer.
Aug 9, 2019 · On that Monday in March, 1977, host Barbara Frum found herself helping to mediate a hostage crisis in a downtown Toronto bank; trying to make sense of a complex conspiracy surrounding a...
The sudden death of Barbara Frum on March 26, 1992 shocked Canadians. The loss of one of the country's most respected broadcasters at the age of 54 reverberated across living rooms of the...
Jul 12, 2017 · The episode that day aired an interview that took place in March 1977 between the show’s iconic co-host, the late Barbara Frum, and a gunman who had taken 11 people hostage at a Toronto bank. Frum called the gunman as the situation was unfolding.
By Anne MacLennan. 30 March 2021. Network: CBC Television Network. Broadcast Run: 1974 to 1975. Broadcast Medium: Television. Before developing The Journal, CBC television had tried to use the credibility Barbara Frum had gained for her incisive telephone interviews on the CBC radio program, As It Happens.
