Life away from the stage and microphone

If Vijaya Corea left this world at just forty-one years of age, the world wouldn’t have been impacted by the man who became Sri Lanka’s #1 Compere, indisputably the best to have ever graced the stage and a Master of Ceremonies that would be unmatched in professionalism and calibre.

He has presented artistes to thousands upon thousands in public and is referred to as a cherished legend in the field of broadcasting. He is revered and respected as an unparalleled icon and national treasure.

He has been recognised for his immense contribution to radio and has been the recipient of numerous special awards. His voice was called “the golden voice” of his time.

This book chronicles a life-changing moment when the impossible took place, under the very eyes of the medical specialists and experts in London who remain befuddled to this day, about the phenomenon they experienced as they sought to treat Vijaya Corea for a cancer that had spread all over his body and given him a death sentence of just three months.

It introduces to you Vijaya as a boy, and takes you up to those unforgettable days when the nation of Sri Lanka woke up to the newspaper headlines that their beloved compere was terminally ill and being flown to London with a bleak prognosis that made heavy the hearts of everyone who knew him as friend and loved him dearly.