I read this morning about the illness of Dith Pran. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in December. While pancreatic cancer is in the news these days with Patrick Swayze's recent diagnosis, I am more shocked and saddened by Pran's prognosis. One of my top 5 movies of all time is The Killing Fields that tells the story of Pran and Sidney Schanberg in Cambodia. I saw this movie with my parents when I was 14 years old. Looking back, I am a little surprised they took me to see a movie that dealt with so much death and violence. But, I am so thankful because it opened my eyes to genocide and that we never did learn our lesson from the Holocaust.
I recently blogged about the recent trials of Khmer Rouge leaders and how justice has been long delayed. Sad news.
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That's really sad. That's a hard way to go and Pran already had such a hard life.
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