[4] Kodithuwakku had been treated for kidney and breathing related illnesses for a long period of time.
[5] He died on 15 January 2016 at 7:20 SLST, 19 days after his 67h birthday, while receiving treatment in the ICU.
[3] He then participated in the short drama festival conducted by "Moratuwa Nawa Magaka Yanno".
[7] He made his acting debut in 1969 with the stage drama Sokkano Rajano produced by Sathischandra Edirisinghe.
[4] Then he acted in many stage plays such as Kekille, Deshapaluwa, Manape, Bedde Goranaduwa, Baka Thapas, Devlo Doni and Uthure Rahula.
[7][6] In 1973, he accompany by Jayasekara Aponsu and Ranjith Perera started miming art.