Tens of thousands of people queue this Thursday to enter the Casa Rosada, where the wake of Diego Armando Maradona has been installed, considered the best soccer player of all time, who died on Wednesday at the age of 60 at his home in Nordelta, in the district of Tigre, 40 kilometers north of Buenos Aires. The burning chapel opened this Thursday at 6 a.m. local time (10 a.m. Spanish peninsular time) and will close at 4 p.m. (8 p.m. in Madrid). Fans enter the headquarters of the Argentine Government dressed in shirts of the Albiceleste team or of the teams in which the star played, such as Boca Juniors. The president of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, has declared three days of national mourning. A week after his last birthday, Maradona had a successful operation for cerebral edema and the country celebrated his recovery. But her health was getting worse, until the family confirmed her death on Wednesday and Argentina began to cry inconsolably. The preliminary result of the autopsy has determined that the cause of death was "heart failure" that generated acute lung edema. The death of the athlete, whose figure transcends the field of football, has shocked the world and signs of pain come from all corners of the planet. Follow live the reactions and the latest news on the death of Maradona.
Maradona dies, live reactions | Tens of thousands of people fire the Argentine star at the Casa Rosada
2020-11-27T13:23:17.858Z
The footballer, considered the best player of all time, died on Wednesday at his home in the Argentine town of Tigre, at age 60 | Argentina decrees three days of official mourning | The wake, installed in the Casa Rosada, has opened at 6:00 local time
