The popular veteran lyricist and former Senior Journalist Dr.Ajantha Ranasinghe has passed away while receiving treatment for an ailment at Colombo National Hospital yesterday(27) evening.
He was born in Kurunagala and has given up studies at early age to concentrate on writing poems and short stories for the Children's Page in "Silumina" and "Peramna "Papers.
He joined the "Dinamina" Newspaper as a staff reporter in 1965 and held different positions up to chief editor post in the paper.
Dr.Ranasinghe has wrote several popular songs for both veteran and upcoming singers as well as for Sinhala Films and received many awards during his career.
"May he attain supreme bliss of Nirvana"
He was born in Kurunagala and has given up studies at early age to concentrate on writing poems and short stories for the Children's Page in "Silumina" and "Peramna "Papers.
He joined the "Dinamina" Newspaper as a staff reporter in 1965 and held different positions up to chief editor post in the paper.
Dr.Ranasinghe has wrote several popular songs for both veteran and upcoming singers as well as for Sinhala Films and received many awards during his career.
"May he attain supreme bliss of Nirvana"
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