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Sunday, March 30, 2008

Dith Pran, Subject of The Killing Fields, Dead at 65

Dith Pran, the Cambodian journalist who survived the massacres of the Khmer Rouge, and whose story was told in the book and movie The Killing Fields, has died at age 65. The cause was pancreatic cancer.

Besides the obituary linked above, The New York Times coverage includes one of their "Last Word" videos of Pran, propped up on pillows, telling his story one more time.

Posted by Mr. Holznagel at 3:56 PM