Ex-Thai Leader Seeks Medical Help in U.S.
United Press International
BANGKOK, Thailand —
Former Prime Minister Kukrit Pramoj left Sunday for Los Angeles to obtain medical treatment for a heart ailment.
Kukrit, 76, who starred opposite Marlon Brando as a fictitious Southeast Asian leader in the 1962 film “The Ugly American,” will be treated at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
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