Dith Pran, 1942-2008

Sherman Oaks, California

Dith Pran, the Cambodian journalist whose life under the Khmer Rouge was depicted in the film The Killing Fields, died this morning of pancreatic cancer. Pran, a staff photographer for The New York Times since 1980, was 65.

Obituaries: NYT. Washington Post. AP.

Pran's final interview.

Reviews of The Killing Fields: Roger Ebert. NYT. Variety.