Dith Pran
Dith Pran | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 September 1942 |
| Died | 30 March 2008 (aged 65) |
| Employer | The New York Times |
| Known for | The Killing Fields |
Dith Pran (Khmer: ឌិត ប្រន; September 27, 1942 – March 30, 2008) was a Cambodian photojournalist. He was best known as a refugee and survivor of the Cambodian genocide.
Death
Pran died on March 30, 2008 in New Brunswick, New Jersey from pancreatic cancer, aged 65.[1]
References
- ↑ Pyle, Richard (March 31, 2008). ""Killing Fields" survivor Dith Pran dies". The Associated Press. Archived from the original on April 10, 2008. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
Dith Pran, the Cambodian-born journalist whose harrowing tale of enslavement and eventual escape from that country's murderous Khmer Rouge revolutionaries in 1979 became the subject of the award-winning film "The Killing Fields," died Sunday. He was 65.