“GUESS WHO” – by Des Kelly Another Kelly-Klassic. Reminded me so much of someone who once stood on stages, both in Lanka and Australia and sang his heart out, for anyone who would listen. Yes folks, it was ‘your’s truly’. I was well-known as a singer/guitarist in Ceylon (then), for nigh on twenty years, hardly ever seen without an old acoustic guitar, slung around my shoulders, singing songs whenever and wherever I was needed, never worrying about the money I could have earned, simply because money (in Showbiz), never did mean very much to me. My “payment” was in the applause I received from audiences both large and small. However, music gained me many ‘lurks’, not afforded others. Lurks such as Shore-leave granted me, whenever the Officers of the Royal Ceylon Navy in which I served, were instructed by the Captain of the Navy, Rear Admiral Royce de Mel, to ...

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Obituary: LEELA DE MEL   de MEL – LEELA. Passed away peacefully in Perth,​ Australia on Monday 23rd May. Adored wife of Michael O’Toole and doting mother of Janek. Beloved daughter of late Rear Admiral Royce de Mel and Freida. Loving sister of Priyani,​ Nirmali and Manil and much loved sister-in- law of Peter Leanage,​ late Placi Leanage and of Radha de Mel. Funeral service was held in Fremantle Cemetary on Friday 28th May at 9.30 am.037760 ...

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