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Adelaide pie maker Vilmos ‘Vili’ Milisits dies aged 72

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The man behind Adelaide’s iconic Vili’s pies, Vilmos Milisits has died, aged 72.

Mr Milisits, affectionately known as Vili, died in Sydney last night.

A lung transplant Mr Milisits received was successful, but he went on to die from an unrelated health condition.

The Milisits family moved to Australia as refugees in 1956, escaping political unrest in Hungary.

Vili left school aged 14 to work at a cake shop in Burnside, before starting his own venture on Manchester Street in Mile End, where the original Cafe de Vilis is now.

The company now exports pies and other baked goods to…



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