{"id":152036,"date":"2025-04-23T18:23:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T18:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=152036"},"modified":"2025-04-23T18:23:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T18:23:27","slug":"vale-louis-benedict-77","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/vale-louis-benedict-77\/","title":{"rendered":"VALE Louis Benedict (77)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">VALE Louis Benedict (77)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-152037 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/VALE-Louis-Benedict.png\" alt=\"VALE Louis Benedict\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">GOODBYE DEAR LOUIS BENEDICT &#8230; THANK YOU FOR THE MEMORIES<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Just heard the sad news that veteran journalist Louis Benedict (77) passed away in Sri Lanka. Louis was a mentor to many budding scribes. I had the privilege of working with this legend at the Sun\/Weekend Group in the mid-1980s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">When the great Rex de Silva was Editor-in-Chief, Louis was one of the top four Deputy Editors at the Independent Group of Newspapers. The others being Iqbal Atlas, Sinha Ratnatunga and Kenneth Amarasekera. He later moved over to the Sunday Times\/Daily Mirror when the Sun\/Weekend closed shop.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Louis was the complete journalist. He was an excellent headline man, he could re-write a story in minutes, had an excellent command of the English language and his editorials drew rave reviews.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Most important, Louis had a heart of gold. He was also President of the People\u2019s Movement for the Rights of Patients (PMRP).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">My deepest sympathies go out to his wife Marie and the rest of his family.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VALE Louis Benedict (77) GOODBYE DEAR LOUIS BENEDICT &#8230; THANK YOU FOR THE MEMORIES Just heard the sad news that veteran journalist Louis Benedict (77) passed away in Sri Lanka. Louis was a mentor to many budding scribes. I had the privilege of working with this legend at the Sun\/Weekend Group in the mid-1980s. 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