Romenesko

Newark Star-Ledger
Legendary photojournalist Dith Pran thought because he didn't drink, smoke or do drugs that he was safe from cancer. "But I ignored signs [weight loss, abdominal pains] until it was too late," he says from his hospital room. "I hope people learn from me and insist that your doctor test for cancer." In Cambodia, "I ate bugs and even more disgusting things," he tells Judy Peet. "I drank dirty water; who knows what kind of poisons were in it from all the bombs? Maybe that is why the cancer comes, 30 years later."