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Sydney Schanberg

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Sydney Schanberg
Born
Sydney Hillel Schanberg

(1934-01-17)January 17, 1934
DiedJuly 9, 2016(2016-07-09) (aged 82)
Poughkeepsie, New York, United States
OccupationJournalist
SpouseJane Freiman[1]

Sydney Hillel Schanberg (January 17, 1934 July 9, 2016) was an American journalist. He was best known for his coverage of the war in Cambodia. He has been the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for his reporting on the war.

Schanberg died on July 9, 2016 in Poughkeepsie, New York on July 9, 2016 from a heart attack, aged 82.[2]

References

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  1. "About the Author — Sydney Schanberg". Beyond the Killing Fields. Archived from the original on 2017-06-15. Retrieved 2016-07-10.
  2. "Sydney H. Schanberg Is Dead at 82; Former Times Correspondent Chronicled Terror of 1970s Cambodia". The New York Times. July 10, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.