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Diego Maradona has died at age 60 after suffering cardiac arrest.
The soccer legend had a heart attack at home just two weeks after leaving the hospital, where he underwent surgery for a brain clot.
Maradona, considered one of the greatest footballers of all time, helped Argentina win the World Cup in 1986, the pinnacle of an illustrious career.
He played club soccer for Boca Juniors, Napoli, and Barcelona, among others, and was adored by millions around the world for his brilliant skills.
Maradona was responsible for the infamous ‘Hand of God’ that eliminated England from the 1986 tournament.
Argentine news outlet Clarín broke the news on Wednesday afternoon UK time, describing the news of Maradona’s death as having a “global impact.”
Soon tributes began to pour in from around the football world.
Maradona was released from the hospital on November 11 just eight days after being admitted for emergency brain surgery.
The iconic former Argentine footballer was expelled from the Olivos private clinic just before 6 p.m. on November 11 when hundreds of fans of the photographers tried to see him.
Maradona had been hospitalized the week before and had to undergo emergency surgery to remove a blood clot from the brain.
Argentine television reporters traveling on motorcycles filmed the ambulance that was transporting him departing before following the vehicle to broadcast every inch of its journey.
His attorney, Matias Morlahas, said the 60-year-old would continue to receive treatment for alcohol dependence.
Maradona was expected to stay in a house near his older daughters.
Maradona, who won the World Cup with Argentina in 1986 and was a Gymnastics and Fencing coach in his home country, had been admitted to hospital on several occasions since his retirement. He nearly died of cocaine-induced heart failure in 2000 and underwent years of rehabilitation.
Maradona, who was well known for living a wild lifestyle during and after his playing days, underwent gastric bypass surgery to lose weight in 2005 and was once again hospitalized two years later for alcohol-induced hepatitis. .
He also fell ill at the last World Cup in Russia, where he was filmed passing out in an executive box when Argentina faced and beat Nigeria in Group D.
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