What could have killed Frost’s son the f itness fanatic?
THE eldest son of sir David Frost has died at the age of 31 while out jogging.
Financier miles Frost collapsed during a run at the family’s holiday home in oxfordshire on sunday.
shocked friends said the keen athlete had appeared fit and healthy and was in ‘great form’ in the past few weeks and showed no signs of any health problems.
It is another devastating blow for his family after his father sir David died of a heart attack aged 74 two years ago on board the Queen Elizabeth cruise liner.
mr Frost, the Eton-educated eldest son of TV legend sir David and his wife lady Carina, was a founding partner of private equity group Frost Brooks.
He had two younger brothers, Wilfred, 29, and 28-yearold George.
All three boys, who were very close, went to Eton.
lord Chadlington, a family f riend, said: ‘ miles was a wonderful eldest son who was very well l oved by all his friends and family. This is a terrible shock.
‘I had breakfast with him last Thursday and he was in great form. There was no signs that anything was wrong.
‘It just underscores the fragility of life. There will be a post-mortem examination but all we know is that he collapsed while jogging.
‘ The Frost f a mily are extremely close and they will all miss him terribly, as we all will. It is hard to lose a loved-one at any age, but 31 really is difficult to comprehend.’
mr Frost was also said to have socialised with friends on Friday without any indications of ill health and appeared at a charity cricket match two weeks ago.
one friend said: ‘This appears to have come out of nowhere.
‘ miles was i n great form recently and seemed really fit and well. It’s a terrible shock and everybody feels desperately sorry for his mother and brothers.
‘He was a wonderful man who has gone far too early.’ mr Frost had previously run a half marathon in the lewa Game Reserve i n kenya, regarded as one of the hardest l ong- distance challenges because of the heat and high altitude.
prince William, an ambassador for the Tusk charity, which works to protect wildlife in kenya, was said to have been hoping to run the 2013 race with him. But he was unable to take part because the Duchess of Cambridge was due to give birth to prince George at the time.
Before f ounding Frost Brooks, mr Frost spent five years at lDC, a top private equity firm, where he completed several investments in the technology, media and telecoms sector.
on his company website he described how his personal network includes ‘some of the most respected names in business and media’, many of which had i nvested with Frost Brooks.
He made headlines this year after his firm invested £3million in BizEquity, a leading us group that provides company owners with an online valuation of their business.
mr Frost helped lead prayers at last year’s memorial service for his father, who shot to fame in the early 1960s in his weekly satirical revue That Was The Week That Was.
sir David went on to interview many of the world’s leaders, famously including disgraced us president Richard Nixon, i n which he finally teased some belated admissions of guilt over the Watergate scandal.
His career spanned journalism, comedy writing and daytime television presenting, including his show The Frost Report. He had been due to i nterview prime minister David Cameron in the week that he died.
sir David was travelling alone in August 2013 when he had a heart attack on board the Cunard liner, where he was due to give a speech.
‘It came out of nowhere’