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Senior journalist, defence correspondent and Sunday Observer News Editor Ranil Wijayapala (42), passed away yesterday after a prolonged illness. An old boy of Taxila Central College, Horana, he joined the Daily News in February 1997 as a journalist and later became its News Editor. During a journalistic career spanning over two decades, he covered many beats including parliament, politics, crime, education and health, but his specialty was defence.

He is survived by his wife Sriyani and two young sons Dinidu and Uvindu. The funeral will take place tomorrow at 3 p.m. at the Kandanapitiya cemetery, Padukka. The remains are at his residence at Ranaviru Ravi Krishan Mawatha, Kandanapitiya, Bope, Padukka (9km from Meepe on the Ingiriya Road).

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