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Pignolet has overcome adversity in his life. Going into hospital at the age of 5, he came out when he was eight, spending almost four years lying flat in a full-body cast because of a rare hip disease. Pignolet says the experience made him inward-looking and shy and couldn't play sports for years. "I
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Josephine is remembered through the
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On 21 December 1987, Pignolet was driving back from
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He was inducted into the NSW Restaurant and
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