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Sunil Wijeratna: He never forgot his roots Source:Island Sunil Wijeratna, my beloved cousin passed away in Zurich, Switzerland, while convalescing following surgery in Colombo, after a nasty fall in Kandy in February 2020. After the surgery in Colombo, he was flown to Switzerland by special air ambulance arranged by his two sons, Norman and Ranil Wijeratna, who live in Zurich. Both are high calibre professionals in engineering and technology and are married and have their own children. Sunil was in hospital in Zurich until he passed away in mid-October. He telephoned me from the hospital few days before his death; he was my favourite cousin and we were in touch with each other for many years. He migrated to Europe in 1973, after studying the options, and settled in Zurich working many years till retirement in 2010 for a leading Swiss finance company, CSC, as data base administrator. He returned ...