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Football legend Maradona laid to rest

He is buried in cemetery on outskirts of Buenos Aires

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 27 Nov 2020 8:10AM

Football legend Maradona laid to rest — Football legend Diego Maradona died on Wednesday at the age of 60 following a heart attack. – AFP pic, November 27, 2020

BUENOS AIRES – Argentine football legend Diego Maradona was laid to rest today after a private funeral on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, television images showed.

As darkness fell, Maradona was buried after a simple religious ceremony attended by family and close friends in the leafy surrounds of the Bella Vista cemetery outside the capital. – AFP, November 27, 2020

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