death_date death_place children birth_place other_names color nationality party awards background birth_date spouse image article_title education name occupation death_cause
18 april 2009 colombo , sri lanka aparna svetlana kamalocini and dimitra abeysekara nirmohi , noriko maduwanthi , charulatha swethambari , maharagama , sri lanka ananda tissa de fonseka black sri lankan lanka sama samaja party gratiaen prize , deshabandu #ffd 068 07 may 1939 sweenethat 1988-to date -rrb- weerasighe , pushpa meewella , asanka monarvilla -lrb- thissa abeysekara.jpg tissa abeysekara
 dharmapala vidyalaya tissa abeysekera film director/writer heart attack
tissa abeysekara

tissa ananda abeysekara -lrb- 7 may 1939 -- 18 april 2009 -rrb- was a sri lankan filmmaker , writer , and director .
