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Daya Tennakoon the Versatile Actor and Great Human Being – By Dr Nimal Sedera Daya Tennakoon who died on the 17th of April at the age of 78 was to celebrate his 79th birthday in the coming November. I knew Daya from the time he acted in “Hantane Kathava” of Dharmasena Pathiraja. Incidentally, that was the first film of late Wijaya Kumaranatunga too. He was elder to me exactly by two years. He and I studied in two colleges in Kandy located on the two sides of the same mountain. He was a Rajan (Dharmarajan) and was an Ampitiyan. Daya had a unique style of acting unmatched in the films and tele dramas. He lived in the character and was so natural that people felt so comfortable being with him in the films. He is one great actor that proved simplicity was the best quality for any human being in ...