By the late-'90s Silva received no work and lived in poverty with a pension of 2000 rupees from the Sri Lankan Film Corporation. He called his home a broken down garage that served as bed room, living room and kitchen on Emmanuel Church Road, Rawatawatte. Silva died on 29 October 2001.<ref name="InfoLanka"/>
==Familyපවුල==
Freddieෆ්රෙඩී Silvaසිල්වා wasaදෙදරු father of two childrenපියෙකි, hisඔහුගේ පුතා sonනළුවෙකු Janeshහා Silva,ගායකයෙකුද wasවෙයි. alsoඔහු anactor2012 andඔක්තෝම්බර් a2දා singer.මිය Heගියේ diedපිලිකාවක් onසෑදී Juneවෛද්ය 10,ප්රතිකාර 2012ලබා whileගනිමින් heසිටින was taking medical treatments for cancerවිටදීයි. Janeshජනේෂ් Silvaසිල්වා isවිකටයෙකු knownලෙස asචිත්රපට a10කට comedianවඩා thatදායකත්වයක් actedදක්වා in 10+ filmsඇත.<ref>http://www.ceylontoday.lk/13-7744-news-detail-actor-janesh-silva-no-more.html</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH2y2xXONqo</ref><ref>http://www.english.gossiplankanews.com/2014/08/cancer-risk-factors-and-behaviour-of.html</ref> Freddie'sෆ්රෙඩීගේ දුව daughterචාන්දනී Chandaniසිල්වා Silva is a singer and actress. She is currently working to keep his father andගයිකාවක්, brother'sනිළියක් legacyවේ.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kynQGmpAoQ</ref>
