Mao Ayuth, filmmaker who survived the Khmer Rouge, dies at 76
Mao Ayuth, filmmaker who survived the Khmer Rouge, dies at 76 By Seth Mydans New York Times,Updated April 22, 2021, 2:00 p.m. Email to a Friend Mao Ayuth in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in 2017.QUINN RYAN MATTINGLY/NYT Mao Ayuth, one of the few Cambodian filmmakers to survive the Khmer Rouge era, during which most artists and intellectuals were killed, and who then rose to become secretary of state in the Ministry of Information, died on April 15 in Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital. He was 76. Phos Sovann, a spokesman for the ministry, said the cause was complications of COVID-19. Mr. Mao Ayuth, wh...
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