Rebecca loses battle with cancer

Wedahamine bids us goodbye forever

It has to be reported with much sorrow that popular tele-actress Rebecca Nirmali who came to be known among teledrama viewers from the teledrama 'Wedahamine' closed her eyes forever early this morning. At the time of her death her age was 49 years.
Rebecca Nirmali underwent treatment during the past few days at the Maharagama Cancer Hospital. Artistes were involved in various activities of invoking blessings during this period and news of her passing away was a heartbreaking moment for most people.

She was hospitalized for about 2 months because of this ailment. She is a mother of one child and her daughter's name is Anne.

She embraced the audience as someone who treated and cured cancer patients in the teledrama 'Wedahamine' and it is a stroke of fate that she herself became a prey to the same disease.

Rebecca who stepped into the field of teledrama after coming to Colombo from Anuradhapura had acted in 150 teledramas and had even been the recipient of awards.

It was expected that Rebecca would celebrate her 50th birthday next November 27th. However, she had to leave all of us before that.

Arrangements of her funeral would be notified later. Rebecca's role in the 'Wedahamine' teledrama as Wedahamine accompanied with the song Sandaken Daharin, from BELOW