Soma Edirisinghe passes away at age 76

Soma Edirisinghe passes away at age 76

November 5, 2015   10:25 am

Proprietor of the EAP group Soma Edirisinghe has passed away at the age of 76 at a private hospital in Colombo,  a family member said.


Dr. Soma Edirisinghe was born in Meegoda on 05th July 1939 to a family of nine girls. Edirisinghe was an entrepreneur, a film producer, a philanthropist and a social worker in Sri Lanka.


Edirisinghe was married to E.A.P Edirisinghe who was the founder of EAP group of Companies.

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