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(CNN Spanish) -
The remains of Diego Armando Maradona will be buried this Thursday in the private cemetery Jardín de Paz in Bella Vista (Buenos Aires province), according to a family source informed CNN.
His parents are buried in this very place.
The legend of world football will be fired by thousands of people who attend the Casa Rosada, the presidential palace of Argentina, in Buenos Aires, after his death this Wednesday at the age of 60.
Rivers of people gathered after the doors opened to the general public at 6 a.m. local time Thursday.
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President Alberto Fernández has already declared three days of mourning in honor of Maradona, a national hero in Argentina widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time.
Maradona died of heart failure, a source from the Argentine Ministry of Justice present at the time of the autopsy told CNN en Español on Wednesday.
Earlier this month, he underwent successful surgery for a subdural hematoma, more commonly known as a blood clot in the brain.
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According to a press release from the prosecutor investigating the death, Maradona's nephew, Jonatan Espósito, was the last person to see him alive on Tuesday.
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