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SAMUEL JOHNSON ‘IT’S STILL ALONG ROAD TO RECOVERY’

Strong-minded, stubborn and driven are the words Samuel Johnson uses to describe the spirit of his late sister Connie.

With photographs of the siblings lovingly scattered around his home in country Victoria, Sam tells New Idea that Connie is never far from his thoughts.

“I’ve got two forever roses made of paper. I keep one of them in my study and one of them in my kitchen so that I can see her every day,” says Sam, 44.

The siblings captured the hearts

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