It is with great sadness that I inform all members of eLanka of the passing of not just a very good friend, but also of someone who was a true legend of our beautiful Motherland, Sri Lanka. There were only a very few Sri Lankans of this halcyon era in ...

Charlie Frank Pride who held sway in the early 1960’s to mid-1970’s; continuing into the 1980’s & beyond, passed away unexpectedly & tragically from the insidious ravages of COVID-19 on December 12.2020 in Dallas, Texas USA. He was 86 years young at the time of his demise. He is survived ...

  Following the passing of Little Richard, the music industry has been, as many times before, plunged into an abyss of sadness & shock. Richard Wayne Penniman, affectionately known as Little Richard, was born on December 05th, 1932 in Macon, Georgia USA. He is said to have lost his grip ...

  KATE SPARKLES: Congratulations to Australia’s accomplished nightingale Kate Miller-Heidke, for her electrifying performance at the preliminary semi-finals of Euro Vision 2019 Song Contest, held on May 14th 2019 in Tel Aviv. Notwithstanding a politically-charged atmosphere, on account of ongoing animosity between age-old rivals Israel & Palestine; the proceedings went ...

  DORIS MADE EVERY ONES’ DAY: A dazzling star of the distant past, has been sadly beckoned to a land which knows no parting & sorrow. Glamour Girl of the mid-fiftees, sixtees & beyond, who answered the inevitable call from beyond; has crossed the Great Divide. Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff, ...

While some may call them glorified hookers, opportunistic parasites, or worse, the fact remains that sugar babes, or women who forge bonds with older men for monetary considerations, are human beings with feelings; just like the rest of us. Those with puritanical values, or the morality police, who at times ...

  Arguably one of the best & most revered folk singers, apart from Bob Dylan, who left her lasting footprint on music’s hallowed turf. A voice laced with profound sadness & raw emotion, but packed with refinement & purpose. When Joan Baez passed away after having enjoyed considerable success, she ...

  Arguably one of the best & most revered folk singers, apart from Bob Dylan, who left her lasting footprint on music’s hallowed turf. A voice laced with profound sadness & raw emotion, but packed with refinement & purpose. When Joan Baez passed away after having enjoyed considerable success, she ...

  In the almost immediate aftermath of the horrendous suicide bombing at the Manchester arena on May 22nd 2017, where around 22 young concert-goers lost their lives, in addition to about 59 others sustaining injuries, diminutive 23-year-old Ariana Grande is determined not to allow anything to get in her way. ...

Photo source:BBC   The fact that 105-year-young centenarian Eileen Ash, happens to be one of the oldest ladies in the United Kingdom(UK) to be in possession of a driving licence & allowed to still drive, without been assessed for the past eighty years; is in itself, an achievement of no ...