Whatever the real cause, Pol Pot's death marks the end of one chapter in Cambodia's convoluted modern history, even if it does not close the book on the Khmer Rouge.

CNN: BEYOND POL POT

The war years saw him work on the prosthetics used to transform Roger Livesey into a balding, pot-bellied blusterer in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp.

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In 1979, a Vietnamese-convened court sentenced Pol Pot and his foreign minister, Ieng Sary, to death in absentia, but the process was so hurried and flawed that even their own defense lawyer called for the death penalty.

CNN: SELECTIVE MEMORIES

In any case, there is little to no scientific evidence that the second death was caused by the Neti Pot, and no evidence whatsoever that the first death had anything to do with a Neti Pot.

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Man's Inhumanity To Man The recent death of Cambodia's Pol Pot is a grim reminder of how evil can flourish in modern times.

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