Somasiri Medagedara (Sinhala:සෝමසිරි මැදගෙදර: born 8 November), is a Sri Lankan singer. Having emerged from the youth choir as a group singer, Medagedara has been able to show his talents and sang several popular songs such as Sandai Tharui, Asa Imu Api, Issara Bedi Pema, Obage Dothin Pidu and Mathu Muthu Wasse. Personal life Medagedara was born on 8 November in Theripehe village, Walapane in Nuwara Eliya as the youngest child of a rural family. His father Medagedara Vidyaratne was a farmer. His mother Rankiri was a housewife who helped father for agriculture. Somasiri has five elder brothers. He completed education from Theripehe Siddhartha Vidyalaya. He learned music in the school under the teacher M.M.K Tissa. He is good at reciting Pel Kavi and Virindu songs in the village. He was married to longtime partner Neela Seneviratne. She met Medagedara in 1984 while working as an Assistant Youth Service Officer at the Maharagama Youth Center after leaving the Bellwood Aesthetic Resort. The couple has two sons – Yasas and Sahan Dhanushka; and one daughter, Yashoda Rasanjali. Yasas is also a singer and a sound engineer. Illness In August 2019, the initial symptoms began to subside. At first he went for a doctor because it was difficult to defecate. There was also a tour of America during this time. Before that he went to the United States for medical treatment. After successfully conducting about 9 shows there, he returned to Sri Lanka and appeared for the medical examination. There he knew that a small lump in his stomach had turned into cancer. He stayed in the Apeksha hospital and underwent surgery. After few more days after surgery he went home and got sick again. The body temperature began to rise. Tests carried out there revealed that there was a disease in the liver which was because of the medication taken for the lumps in the intestines. In 2020, he has been receiving residential treatment at the Maharagama Apeksha Hospital since January 13. In August 2020, false rumors in the internet stated that he died due to cancer. Later, Medagedara himself made a comment on his false news. Career In 1980, he joined with the youth choir which was first established by the National Youth Services Council on September 1. Medagedara learned music under the music teachers Premadasa Mudunkotuwa and Sisira Kumara Marasinghe. His contemporaries of the choir consist with Chandrasena Hettiarachchi,