- Born
- Died
- François Ponchaud was born on February 8, 1939 in Sallanches, Haute-Savoie, France. He died on January 17, 2025 in Lauris, Vaucluse, France.
- Catholic missionary priest in Cambodia, 1965-77 and 1993...
- His book "Cambodia: Year Zero" helped draw attention to the atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s.
- He spent a year in seminary before serving military duty with a paratrooper unit in Algeria.
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