{"id":18547,"date":"2017-07-15T05:46:54","date_gmt":"2017-07-15T05:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=18547"},"modified":"2017-07-15T05:46:54","modified_gmt":"2017-07-15T05:46:54","slug":"passing-away-sam-man-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/passing-away-sam-man-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"The passing away of  \u201cSam the Man\u201d in Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><u>The passing away of\u00a0 \u201c<\/u><\/strong><strong><u>Sam the Man\u201d\u00a0 in Sri Lanka &#8211; well known and respected Saxophone player and singer<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: 20px;\">Forwarding as received: it&#8217;s confirmed that our dear musician &#8216;Sam The Man&#8217; has departed this life from us last night at the Mt. Lavinia Hotel .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0As much as it&#8217;s sad news it&#8217;s also great to know he passed way doing what he most loved &#8211; singing &amp; playing his saxophone. He was extremely passionate about his music and we have enjoyed his music for a few decades. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: 20px;\"> Thank you Sam for your great contribution to our small but dynamic industry!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: 20px;\">You will surely be missed but your music legacy will always remain with us!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: 20px;\">May you Rest In Peace .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sam the Man - You Are My Sunshine\" width=\"1170\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uByixpxJvwc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sam the Man - Ten Guitars\" width=\"1170\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jDaVDi01Xyk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The passing away of\u00a0 \u201cSam the Man\u201d\u00a0 in Sri Lanka &#8211; well known and respected Saxophone player and singer Forwarding as received: it&#8217;s confirmed that our dear musician &#8216;Sam The Man&#8217; has departed this life from us last night at the Mt. Lavinia Hotel . \u00a0As much as it&#8217;s sad news it&#8217;s also great to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,1550],"tags":[2084,2083],"class_list":{"0":"post-18547","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-articles","7":"category-english-videos","8":"tag-sam-the-man","9":"tag-the-passing-away-of-sam-the-man-in-sri-lanka"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The passing away of \u201cSam the Man\u201d in Sri Lanka<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The passing away of \u201cSam the Man\u201d in Sri Lanka\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta 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