Simpsons' Haing Ngor Controversy

When The Simpsons episode "Team Homer" first aired in January 1996, it briefly showed an Academy Award in Homer's trophy case labeled as stolen from actor Haing S. Ngor. Just a month later, Ngor, who had won the Oscar for The Killing Fields, was tragically murdered in Los Angeles. The scene was quietly altered for later broadcasts, as producers feared it implied Homer had killed Ngor to steal the award.

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