Farewell to Diego Armando Maradona
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Diego Armando Maradona's body arrived at the Casa Rosada, the presidential palace in Buenos Aires, where the funeral home was set up, until Saturday.
Hundreds of people are already lining up to pay homage to the 'Pibe de oro'.
The football legend died yesterday at the age of 60 of cardiac and respiratory arrest, he was in a villa in the city of Tiger.
Argentina proclaimed three days of national mourning.
In the hours before the opening of the funeral home to the public, the family members (ex-wife Claudia Villafañe and daughters Dalma and Giannina) and numerous football players and historical friends of the 'pibe de oro entered the room where Diego Maradona's remains are found. '(Carlos Tevez, Martin Palermo, the members of the Argentine national team victorious in Mexico 1986, and Guillermo Coppola. During the night she was in the room where ten years ago was paid the utmost homage to former president Nestor Kirchner also the last girlfriend of Maradona, Verónica Ojeda, with her son Dieguito Fernando. According to the newspaper Clarin, Maradona's body will not be visible, so the coffin will be closed. Maradona's family did not make special requests for the modalities of the ceremony, it was finally learned, indicating only the use of an Argentine flag near or above the coffin.
The coroners who carried out the autopsy on Diego Maradona's body last night in the San Fernando hospital, in the province of Buenos Aires, released a report with the results of their work.
The death, the document reads, was attributed to "acute heart failure, in a patient with dilated myocardiopathy, chronic congestive heart failure that generated acute lung edema".
Finally, it was learned that the study carried out to determine the causes of death will be completed with toxicological analyzes that within a week will specify whether Maradona, before dying, had ingested drugs, drugs or alcohol.
Naples mourns its champion, proclaimed city mourning
For l'Equipe, the French football newspaper, it is 'the death of a God'.
As in the rest of the world, but of course even more so, there is a shock in Naples: the news, which many find it hard to believe, has bounced on mobile phones.
In the center, in Piazza Municipio, a single voice: "Maradona was the greatest of all".
Even in Fuorigrotta, where the San Paolo, the football temple of Maradona, is located, there are those who are moved by the memories of his extraordinary plays.
And a woman says: "This 2020 is truly the worst year".
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Dead Maradona, El Pibe de Oro in pictures
"The Pope is informed of Diego Maradona's death
, he thinks back with affection on the occasions of encounter in recent years and remembers him in prayer, as he has done in recent days since he learned of his health conditions".
This is what the director of the Vatican press office, Matteo Bruni, tells ANSA.
Diego Maradona's death was also announced in the Senate Chamber.
"I don't know if it's appropriate, but I do, I unfortunately have to announce that
Maradona
, the footballer who I believe in Italy has greatly influenced the passion for this sport. My condolences to the family and fans who loved him": he known as Ignazio La Russa, from the chair of the rotating president of the Senate, during the works at Palazzo Madama.
The farewell of football, from Platini and Pelè
Maradona died when "el pibe de oro" embraced Pope Francis in the Vatican
Count, farewell eternal champion
"The whole world mourns the death of Maradona, who with his unparalleled talent wrote unforgettable pages in the history of football. Goodbye, eternal champion", wrote Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Twitter.
The whole world mourns the passing of #Maradona, who with his unparalleled talent wrote unforgettable pages in the history of football.
Goodbye eternal champion.
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- Giuseppe Conte (@GiuseppeConteIT) November 25, 2020