Dith Pran
Dith Pran (Khmer: ឌិត ប្រន; 27 September 1942 – 30 March 2008) was a Cambodian photojournalist best known as a refugee and survivor of the Cambodian Genocide. He was the subject of the Academy Award-winning film The Killing Fields (1984). He was portrayed in the film by first-time actor Haing S. Ngor (1940–1996), who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance.
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![Dith Pran](/photos/dith-pran.jpg)
Birth date | September 27, 1942 |
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Date of death | March 30, 2008 |
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External resources
- http://dithpran.org
- http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=pran&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=25633354&
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/01/cambodia.pressandpublishing
- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/dith-pran-survivor-of-the-killing-fields-803136.html
- http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/multimedia/20080320_DITH_PRAN_LAST_WORD_FEATURE/index.html
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2008/03/31/db3101.xml
- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3659803.ece