Former New York Times journalist Sydney Schanberg died on Saturday at the age of 82.
The New York Times first reported the news of his death. Schanberg suffered a heart attack earlier this week and died in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Former Times reporter Charles Kaiser confirmed the death of his friend, according to the Times.
Schanberg was known for his reporting of the terror that swept through Cambodia after the rise of the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s.
Schanberg won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage. “The Killing Fields,” an Oscar-winning movie, was based on his coverage of the survival of his Cambodian colleague Dith Pran.