Sydney H. Schanberg Is Dead at 82; Former Times Correspondent Chronicled Terror of 1970s Cambodia – The New York Times

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Sydney H. Schanberg Dies at 82; Times Reporter Chronicled Khmer Rouge Terror

Mr. Schanberg won a Pulitzer Prize for covering the fall of the Lon Nol regime to the Khmer Rouge in 1970s Cambodia. His account of a colleague’s survival during the genocide of millions inspired the film “The Killing Fields.”

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/10/business/media/sydney-h-schanberg-is-dead-at-82-former-times-correspondent-chronicled-terror-of-1970s-cambodia.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

“Our decision to stay,” Mr. Schanberg wrote later, “was founded on our belief — perhaps, looking back, it was more a devout wish or hope — that when the Khmer Rouge won their victory, they would have what they wanted and would end the terrorism and brutal behavior we had written so often about.”