Nate Thayer, an American journalist who chased stories of conflict across the jungles of Southeast Asia and was the last Western correspondent to interview the Khmer Rouge’s genocidal leader Pol Pot, has died at his home in Falmouth, Mass. He was 62.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Nate Thayer, journalist who landed Pol Pot interview, dies at 62
By Brian Murphy
January 4, 2023 at 6:46 p.m. EST