What is Vijaya Kumaranatunga?
{{Infobox person | name = Vijaya Kumaranatunga | image = | other_names = Kovilage Anton Vijaya Kumaranatunga | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1945|10|9|df=y}} | birth_place = Ja-Ela, [[Sri Lanka]] | alma_mater = [[De Mazenod College]], [[St. Benedict's College, Colombo|St. Benedict's College]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1988|02|16|1945|10|09|df=y}} | death_place = Polhendoga, [[Sri Lanka]] | death_cause = [[Gunshot wound]]s | occupation = [[Actor]], [[politician]] | height = 6 ft in (1.83 m) | yearsactive = 1968 – 1988 | spouse = [[Chandrika Kumaratunga|Chandrika Kumaranatunga]] | children = Yasodhara, Vimukthi | awards = | website = }} '''Kovilage Anton Vijaya Kumaranatunga''' ({{lang-si|කොවිලගේ ඇන්ටන් විජය කුමාරණතුංග}}; 9 October 1945 – 16 February 1988) was a popular [[Sri Lanka]]n movie actor and politician. He was married to former Sri Lankan president [[Chandrika Kumaratunga]] from 1978 until his [[assassination]] in 1988. == Family life == In 1978, Kumaranatunga married [[Chandrika Kumaratunga|Chandrika Bandaranaike]], daughter of the late Sri Lankan Prime Minister [[S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike]] and former Prime Minister [[Sirimavo Bandaranaike]]. Vijaya Kumaranatunga and Chandrika Bandaranaike had two children, [[Yasodhara Kumaranatunga Walker]] (MD) and [[Vimukthi Kumaranatunga]] (Vet) in UK. == Death == Kumaratunga was shot with a [[Type 56 assault rifle]] outside his home on the outskirts of Colombo on 16 February 1988 by Lionel Ranasinghe. He was shot twice in back while Gamini sitting in the back seat of the motorcycle. After the gunshot, Kumaratunga fell to the ground and Gamini got off the motorcycle before shooting Kumaratunga once more in the head, thinking that the first two shots would not have killed Kumaratunga. {{actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kumaranatunga, Vijaya}}