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Maradona's father Don Diego no more

Updated on: 27 June,2015 09:02 AM IST  | 
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Diego Maradona’s father "Don Diego" passed away yesterday, local media reported, with the 87-year-old failing to recover from long-standing coronary and respiratory difficulties

Maradona's father Don Diego no more

Buenos Aires: Diego Maradona’s father "Don Diego" passed away yesterday, local media reported, with the 87-year-old failing to recover from long-standing coronary and respiratory difficulties.



Diego Maradona (right) with his father Don Diego. Pic/AFP


Argentina World Cup winner Diego Maradona had been at his father's side in a Buenos Aires hospital since flying in from his Dubai home on June 2. "Don Diego", a popular figure throughout Argentina, had been admitted to the private clinic in the country’s capital for the third time in the last year. Maradona’s mother "Tota" passed away in 2011.


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