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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.

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1-2-Oscar
March 31, 2008, 6:42 a.m.
Dith Pran was an heroic human spirit. We were all enriched by his presence.
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tchef
March 31, 2008, 7:48 a.m.
The movie "the Killing Fields" was very moving for me. I couldn't believe what happened in that country.
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Blackacereturn
March 31, 2008, 9:39 a.m.
This is a sad day!
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Charlson
March 31, 2008, 9:41 a.m.
The man was hero and will be mourned. His story is an inspiration to all who love freedom and desires to expose the truth.
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madmaxine
March 31, 2008, 1 p.m.
I never saw the movie but I read a biographical book called "To Destroy You is No Loss" about a young girl who lived through it. Anyone who escaped that H*ll hole during that time was amazing!"
In my opinion that book should be required reading in schools today.
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Wolfie2007
March 31, 2008, 2:40 p.m.
Dith Pran was a hero the world should honor for his courage. I pray his soul is abiding in heaven this day.
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pc25
March 31, 2008, 4:16 p.m.
His was an amazing story..........
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sinophil49
March 31, 2008, 5:52 p.m.
It is one thing to read about or hear of 2 million deaths. It is quite another to see the depiction of it. The movie of Dith Pran (The Killing Fields) was a moving and emotionally wrenching experience. For him to survive that horror and speak out against it makes him a true American hero.
Ironically the actor who portrayed him in the movie, Haing Ngor (who was a Cambodian doctor) was also robbed close to his apartment; but he was killed during the robbery.
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nikkibabe
March 31, 2008, 9:40 p.m.
Who the HELL cares. The Abu Ghraib and Gitmo demonstrates that USA is no better than Khemer Rogue.