On 6 April 2020, his elder son Jayantha Rathnayake died at the age of 52 while receiving treatments at Apeksha Hospital, Maharagama. His younger son Lelum is also a musician and singer who worked in a musical band. Jayantha is married as has one daughter and one son. Jayantha started his music career as the keyboard player in Sihashakthi musical band. His elder son Jayantha Rathnayake is a renowned musician and composer. His daughter Chandani is a dancer and a vocalist. Rathnayake has one daughter and two sons from first marriage with Chithra Rathnayake. One of his brothers, Somapala Rathnayake was a renowned musician in Sri Lanka, who worked mostly in background music for many Sinhala films and television serials. Victor was educated at Kadugannawa Junior School and then attended to Kadugannawa Maha Vidyalaya for secondary education. His mother was Abeykoon Mayadunnelage Sumanawathi. He was popularly known as Rathnayake Veda Mahaththaya, was an apothecary and sang "noorthi gee," a type of Sinhala folk songs. His father was Rathnayake Arachchilage Don James. Rathnayake was born on 18 February 1942 in a small village near Kadugannawa as the third of the family with 10 siblings.
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