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Piero Corrao passed away this morning

Piero Corrao, a fisherman of Mondello,  first took me to Favignana. Here he is standng above the Chamber of Death, the happiest I have ever seen him, on 2 June 1986.
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1986: Piero Corrao and Toto Podesta set the nets off Mondello

Piero and Toto` set the net one evening
When Piero's father was a young fishermen the sea was full of fish and he could never get a good price for his haul. Now seafood is rich man's dinner and Piero hardly takes in a half bucket of fish. The sea is wiped out, depleted. But they looked good trying to make aliving, didn't they?  Read More 
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