Lasantha Wickrematunge

Lasantha Manilal Wickrematunge was a high-profile Sri Lankan journalist, politician, broadcaster and human rights activist who was assassinated in January 2009.

5 April 1958

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Born on the same birth day (5 April): Alexandre Prémat • Alexey Volkov (biathlete) • Diamond D • Evan Parker • Franziskus Herzan von Harras • Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas • Harry Freedman • Krista Allen • Lily James • Moise Safra • Richard Sánchez (footballer, born 1994) • Roman Herzog • Shikha Uberoi • Viatcheslav Djavanian

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