COLOMBO (News 1st) – Veteran novelist and scriptwriter Somaweera Senanayake passed away earlier this morning (June 9).

Somaweera Senanayake was 74 years old at the time of his demise.

He was born on 25th of November 1944 in Avissawella and obtained his degree from the Vidyodaya University.

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