This memorial website was created in the memory of a true hero, Dith Pran, born on September 27, 1942 and passed away on March 30, 2008. We will remember him and his everlasting impact on the world.
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Body for Rent
When he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, Dith discussed how Cambodians believed that "we just rent this body. It is just a house for the spirit, and if the house is full of termites, it is time to leave."
A Facade
Dith survived in under Pol Pot's regime by "masquerading as an uneducated peasant, toiling in the fields and subsisting on as little as a mouthful of rice a day, and whatever small animals he could catch".