මම පාසල් යන ළමයෙක් හැටියට ඔබ තුමා ජීවතුන් අතර සිටින අවදියේ ගායනා කරන ස්ථානවලට ගොස් තාත්විකව ඇසීමට ලැබීම භාග්යයක් ලෙස සෑමවිටම සලකනවා As a school boy I was so lucky to listen to your songs whilst you are alive and participate your music programs being close to the stage
I remember the first news break about Jothi’s departure on 7-7-87 in the morning 6 AM news. It was one of the “sirasthala “ :). Even as a very small kid I loved his songs and it was a shock for me to hear the news. Most probably he was the first famous person died in my life. Then things stared with Vijaya Kumarathunha , Premakeerthi , Ranjan W , Lalith Athulathmudali, R Premadasa and so on. We lost great asserts in a very short period like 5 yrs.