Dith Pran, 'Killing Fields' Journalist, Dies at 65

by Barbara Bradley-Hagerty, NPR

Dith Pran, the Cambodian-born journalist who helped bring to light the brutalities of the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s, died over the weekend of pancreatic cancer. He was 65 years old. His experiences inspired the movie The Killing Fields.

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• Morning Edition, March 31, 2008