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Maradona will be buried this Thursday in a cemetery on the outskirts of Buenos Aires

2020-11-27T15:12:03.658Z


The 1986 world champion, an idol of Argentina and football lovers, died of a heart attack on Wednesday at the age of 60.


Some imagined him resting for eternity in a stadium… However, it is in a cemetery on the outskirts of Buenos Aires that Diego Maradona will be buried this Thursday.

Barely 24 hours after the announcement of his death which moved the whole world.

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“The funeral is taking place today, this afternoon, at the Garden of Peace, in Bellavista”, northeast of the Argentine capital, where his parents are buried, explained a spokesperson, Sebastian Bianchi.

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The remains of the 1986 world champion arrived a few hours ago at the Argentine presidential palace for the wake.

The procession was greeted there by a compact crowd of supporters, divided between the jubilation of finding their idol and the pain of having lost it.

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Source: leparis

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