This article is about the Sri Lankan entertainer. For the British lawyer, see Sir Desmond Lorenz de Silva.
Desmond de Silva
ඩෙස්මන්ඩ් ද සිල්වා
De Silva in London, 2013
Born
Desmond Anaclitus Rajiva de Silva
(1944-07-13)13 July 1944
Matara, British Ceylon
Died
9 January 2022(2022-01-09) (aged 77)
Melbourne, Australia
Education
St. Thomas' College, Matara
Occupations
Singer
songwriter
musician
Spouses
Deanna de Zilwa
Lilamani Wijeratne
Phyllis Van Houten
Children
3
Parents
Clement Arnold de Silva (father)
Olga Correa (mother)
Musical career
Genres
Pop
soul
rhythm and blues
Baila
Instrument(s)
Vocals
Years active
1989–2011
Labels
Nilwala
Ransilu
Evoke
Musical artist
Desmond Anaclitus Rajiva de Silva (ඩෙස්මන්ඩ් ද සිල්වා in [Sinhala]; 13 July 1944 – 9 January 2022), popularly known as Desmond de Silva, was a Sri Lankan singer, background musician and entertainer.[1] Often regarded as the "King of Baila", he is noted for his youthful voice that was said to have changed little over four decades of performing.[2]
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Desmond Anaclitus Rajiva deSilva (ඩෙස්මන්ඩ් ද සිල්වා in [Sinhala]; 13 July 1944 – 9 January 2022), popularly known as DesmonddeSilva, was a Sri Lankan...
be replaced by a less wide-ranging review. This review, led by Sir DesmonddeSilva, released a report in December 2012 acknowledging that the case entailed...
that year, alongside her cousin Victoria de Silva, the daughter of Princess Katarina and Sir DesmonddeSilva. Oxenberg's first film was the 2001 television...
actor DesmonddeSilva (1944–2022), Sri Lankan vocalist Francisco Manuel da Silva (1795–1865), Brazilian composer and music professor Henry Silva (1926–2022)...
tea company Yunnan Dianhong Group. Katarina married barrister Sir DesmonddeSilva on 5 December 1987. They had one daughter, Victoria Marie Esmé Margarita...
resulted in eighteen deaths. In 2012, a document based review by Sir DesmonddeSilva QC into the 1989 murder of Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane found...
Sione Ngongo Kioa Norman Lamont Mothetjoa Metsing Abu Bakr al-Qirbi DesmonddeSilva (barrister) D. Brenton Simons Michael Smurfit Conrad Swan Emidio Taliani...
Suzanna Vestur 5 December 1987: Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia and Sir DesmonddeSilva 8 July 1988: Princess Tania of Bourbon-Parma and Gilbert Jacques Marcel...
28 November 1959, London). She was married for several years to Sir DesmonddeSilva QC, KStJ (b. 13 December 1939 Sri Lanka), has a daughter and works...
Annesley Malewana, Mignonne Fernando, Nimal Mendis, The Gypsies, DesmonddeSilva were some of the South Asian stars on 'London Sounds Eastern.' Their...
prosecuting those involved in the 1994 genocide. In 2007, Rapp succeeded DesmonddeSilva to become the third chief prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra...
Ambassador to the Vatican Mark Garnier (1976), MP for Wyre Forest Sir DesmonddeSilva QC (1951), Chairman of a UNHCR Inquiry into torture and executions...
Anjaleen Gunathilake Amuthu Sathaa Andare Andare Mehe Waren - with DesmondDeSilva Anna Hande Haawa Api Kaatada Baya - with H.R. Jothipala Arabiye Thele...
Fernando, DesmonddeSilva, Nihal Nelson, Maxwell Mendis, Sunil Perera (The Gypsies), Saman DeSilva, Dhanapala Udawaththa, Rajiv Sebastian, Claude de Zoysa...
Goonetilleke (keyboards/female vocals), Raju Bandara (lead guitar), Keneth DeSilva (bass guitar), Ajantha Dodampegama (drums) and rest of the other members...
authored by the legal team consisting of The Right Honourable Sir DesmondDeSilva QC, the former Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone...
Deshabandu Pinnaduwage Aravinda deSilva (Sinhala: අරවින්ද ද සිල්වා,Tamil: அரவிந்த டி சில்வா ; born 17 October 1965) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and...
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