Diego Armando Maradona died at the age of 60. In recent weeks, Maradona had been operated on his head, the surgery had gone well. But this Wednesday while he was in his home Diego suffered a cardiac arrest, which was fatal. With Argentina he won the 1986 World Cup, with Napoli two championships.The shocking news comes from Argentina, from the Clarin newspaper. In recent weeks he had undergone a delicate brain operation; today his death due to cardiorespiratory arrest is announced.After the celebrations for last October 30th (when he had turned 60) now the world of football and Argentina in particular falls into despair and sadness, forced to say goodbye to one of the greatest players in football history together with Pelé but almost certainly the most legendary figure in the history of the game.

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