Dith Pran

Dith Pran (September 27, 1942 – March 30, 2008) was a photojournalist best known as a refugee and Cambodian Genocide survivor and was the subject of the Academy Award-winning film The Killing Fields. He was portrayed in the movie by first-time actor Haing S. Ngor, who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance.

Dith Pran in 2007

Choung Ek Killing Field: The bones of young children who were killed by Khmer Rouge soldiers.

Sourced

• I don't consider myself a politician or a hero. I'm a messenger. If Cambodia is to survive, she needs many voices.
  • Hero of the Cambodian 'Killing Fields', Dith Pran, dies of cancer at 65. Daily Mail (2008-03-31). Retrieved on 2008-03-31.

• Part of my life is saving life.
  • Hero of the Cambodian 'Killing Fields', Dith Pran, dies of cancer at 65. Daily Mail (2008-03-31). Retrieved on 2008-03-31.

Mass grave in Choeung Ek.

About

• He knew we had no chance without him so he argued not to be separated from us, offering, in effect, to forfeit his own life on the chance that he might save ours.
  • Sydney Schanberg, describing Pran's efforts to get his colleagues out of harm's way.
  • Hero of the Cambodian 'Killing Fields', Dith Pran, dies of cancer at 65. Daily Mail (2008-03-31). Retrieved on 2008-03-31.

External links

• Dith Pran character entry at the Internet Movie Database