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Sydney Schanberg | |
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Born | Sydney Hillel Schanberg January 17, 1934 Clinton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | July 9, 2016 Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S. | (aged 82)
Occupation | Journalist |
Spouse | Janice Leah Sakofsky (1967-1976 divorced)[1] Jane Freiman (1995-2016 his death) [2] |
Children | Jessica and Rebecca |
Sydney Hillel Schanberg (January 17, 1934 – July 9, 2016) was an American journalist who was best known for his coverage of the war in Cambodia. He was the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, two George Polk awards, two Overseas Press Club awards, and the Sigma Delta Chi prize for distinguished journalism.[3] Schanberg was portrayed by Sam Waterston in the 1984 film The Killing Fields based on the experiences of Schanberg and the Cambodian journalist Dith Pran in Cambodia.