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He died on 27 November 2011 by an accident in Welisara at the age of 40.

On of 27 November 2011 at about 4 am, his car was parked along the Colombo –Negombo road by facing Negombo and after having had some dealings. After it, he with a friend had tried to enter the vehicle to go to his residence in Nagoda, Kandana. At that moment, a speeding vehicle had knocked both of them, where the vehicle had fled. He was rushed to the Ragama Hospital with serious injuries where he died before admitting to the hospital. His friend however survived with fatal injuries and transferred to The Colombo National Hospital for further treatments.

His funeral took place on 30 November 2011, Wednesday afternoon at the Kandana Nagoda St. John Baptist burial grounds.

Jayakody started his film career with Vasantha Obeysekera's 2002 film Salelu Warama. Then he acted more than 10 films until his death in 2011. His most popular cinema acting came through films Salelu Warama, Gamani and Ran Kevita 2.

Jayakody started his drama career since school times. In 1998, along with another fellow actor Gihan Fernando, he went to a workshop conducted by Jayalal Rohana. Then, both were lucky to act in the stage drama, Bhoothawesha.

Asela Jayakody (born 20 April 1971 – died 27 November 2011 as අසේල ජයකොඩි) [Sinhala]) was an award-winning actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. One of highly versatile actors, Jayakody acted several critically acclaimed films such as Gamani and Salelu Warama.

He was born on 20 April 1971 in Colombo as the youngest of the family. His father, Wilfred Jayakody was a popular artist. His mother was Clera Bridget Jayakody (Née Senevirathne). He has three elder brothers - Upali, Premalal and Wasantha, and one elder sister, Kumari. He completed his education from Karunaratne Buddhist School, Mattumagala. At the time of his death, he was married to Chandani Jayakody, and was a father of two children - daughter Rishini Kaveesha (12 years old) and son Binara (9 years old).