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Barbara Frum
Barbara Frum

Barbara Frum, OC, BA, LL.D (September 8, 1937 – March 26, 1992) was a journalist, acclaimed for her interviews for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The Order of Canada is the highest civilian honour within the Canadian system of honours, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the order's Latin Doctor of Laws ( Latin: Legum Doctor, LLD) is a Doctorate -level Academic degree in Law. Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends

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Personal life

Born Barbara Rosberg in Niagara Falls, New York, Frum grew up across the river in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Niagara Falls is a City in Niagara County, New York, United States. Niagara Falls is a Canadian City of 82184 residents Geography and Climate Niagara Falls Ontario She studied history at the University of Toronto. This article is about the University of Toronto's St George Campus She married Toronto dentist Murray Frum (1957) who later became a real estate developer. They had two children and adopted a third.

Career

After her graduation, Frum worked as a radio commentator and magazine writer. In 1971, she joined CBC Radio as one of the first hosts of As It Happens, a newsmagazine program which used the telephone to conduct live interviews with newsmakers and other witnesses to news events, as well as quirky human interest stories. CBC Radio One is the English-language news and information Radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. As It Happens is a long-running interview show on CBC Radio One in Canada. Frum's skills as a tough, incisive and well-informed interviewer[1] quickly made the program one of CBC Radio's most popular and enduring programs (it still airs today, in virtually the same format), and she continued to host until 1981. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981

Between October 1974 and July 1975, she hosted her own self-titled talk show. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Barbara Frum was a Canadian Talk show which aired on CBC Television between October 1974 and July 1975 A talk show ( American) or chat show ( Global) is a Television or Radio program where one person or group of people come together to

Frum won the National Press Club of Canada Award for Outstanding Contribution to Canadian Journalism in 1975. She was named to the Order of Canada in 1979. The Order of Canada is the highest civilian honour within the Canadian system of honours, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the order's Latin Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) [1]

In 1981, CBC Television created The Journal, a newsmagazine series which would follow The National each night at 10:22 p. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 The Journal was a popular current affairs Newsmagazine on CBC Television from 1982 to 1992 The National, now officially known as CBC News The National, is the CBC 's flagship national Television Newscast. m. , and Frum and Mary Lou Finlay were hired as the show's hosts. Mary Lou Finlay (born 1947 is a Canadian Journalist who hosted the CBC Radio One news program As It Happens from September On January 11, 1982, The Journal debuted as a showcase for features which delved more deeply into the day's news than the traditional newscast format of The National. Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar)

The show included field reports, short documentaries, public forums, debates, business, sports, and arts and science news, but Frum's interviews were the show's centrepiece, and made it one of Canadian television's most popular programs. After the first year, Frum became the sole host of the program, although Finlay continued to be associated with the program as a reporter and documentarian. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality Frum interviewed many notable people, including British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher[2] and Nelson Mandela. Margaret Hilda Thatcher Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (xolíɬaɬa mandéːla born 18 July 1918 is a former President of South Africa, the first to be elected in fully representative

She angered many in 1989 when she refused to acknowledge that the École Polytechnique massacre by a killer who proclaimed as he shot and stabbed women, "I hate feminists!" was an attack on women and feminism. The École Polytechnique Massacre, also known as the Montreal Massacre, occurred on December 6 1989 at the École Polytechnique in Montreal, Quebec "Why do we diminish it by suggesting that it was an act against just one group?" Frum said Dec. 7, 1989 on The Journal. [1]

Frum was frequently parodied on CODCO by Greg Malone, whose portrayal involved the recurring catchphrase "But are you bitter?" Frum and Malone (in his Frum drag) presented a Gemini Award together. CODCO was a Canadian comedy troupe from Newfoundland, best known for a Sketch comedy series which aired on CBC Television from 1987 Greg Malone (born October 19, 1948 in St John's Newfoundland) is a Canadian impressionist The Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry Awards in Canada. She was also parodied on Sesame Park (the Canadian version of Sesame Street), with a round, purple muppet named "Barbara Plum", host of "The Notebook". Sesame Park was a Canadian version of Sesame Street. In its first format it was referred to as Canadian Sesame Street Sesame Street is an American educational Children's television series and a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard combining The Muppets are a group of Puppet characters created by Jim Henson. Additionally, in the Canadian animated series The Raccoons, Frum portrayed a reporter, called "Barbara LaFrum" who interviewed Cyril Sneer after his pigs told her of his unsavory business practices. An animated cartoon is a short hand-drawn (or made with computers to look similar to something hand-drawn Film for the cinema, Television or computer The Raccoons is a Canadian Animated television series, first broadcast from 1985 to 1992 with four preceding Television specials starting from Cyril Sneer is a fictional character in the animated series The Raccoons and its two spinoffs

Death

Frum died of leukemia on March 26, 1992. Leukemia or leukaemia (Greek leukos λευκός, "white" aima αίμα, "blood" is a Cancer of the Blood Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) That evening, virtually the entire broadcasts of both The National and The Journal were a tribute to her and a retrospective of her career. Although some cultural commentators have suggested that the CBC using an entire newscast to pay tribute to one of its own hosts could be seen as excessive, it was in fact one of the highest-rated individual programs in Canadian television history.

Among the many tributes to her was a editorial cartoon depicting her at the gates of heaven with a reporter's notebook, insisting on interviewing God. Several other editorial cartoons simply depicted The Journal's set with an empty anchor chair.

Legacy

Frum's three children were David, Linda and Matthew. Her son David was a presidential speech writer for George W. Bush and is currently a researcher with the American Enterprise Institute. David J Frum (born 1960 is a Canadian-born Conservative and journalist active in the both US and Canadian political arenas George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI is a conservative Think tank, founded in 1943 Her daughter Linda is the author of a biography of her mother. Linda Frum (born 1963 is a Canadian journalist She is the daughter of Murray and Barbara Frum, and the sister of David Frum.

The atrium in the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto was named in Frum's honour. The Canadian Broadcasting Centre, located in Toronto Ontario, is the broadcast headquarters and Master control point for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario

Shortly after her death, the North York Public Library branch (now Toronto Public Library) at 20 Covington Rd was named in honour of Barbara Frum for her accomplishments as a distinguished broadcaster and journalist. The Toronto Public Library is the largest Public library system in Canada and the second busiest (by number of visits in the world after the Hong Kong Public

References

  1. ^ a b Lamontagne, Manon. FRUM, BARBARA. The Museum of Broadcast Communications. Retrieved on 2008-04-24. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to
  2. ^ Margaret Thatcher: Britain's Iron Lady. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved on 2008-04-24. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to

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