COLOMBO (News 1st) – Veteran musician H.M. Jayawardena passed away today (April 08) at the age of 69 while being treated at the Kalubowila hospital for an illness.

The late Jayawardena was the father of musician Kasun Kalhara and husband of the late Malini Bulathsinhala.

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