Argentinian football legend and winner of the 1986 World Cup, Diego Maradona, has passed away at home in Tigre after suffering a heart attack, according to reports in Argentina.
Maradona suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest on Wednesday morning local time in the town of Tigre.
Argentine outlet Clarin then reported later on Wednesday that Maradona had passed away..
AHORA: murió Diego Armando Maradona. https://t.co/iiS9XSqCBW pic.twitter.com/awC80BpwS7
— Clarín (@clarincom) November 25, 2020
The sad news was also confirmed by Maradona’s lawyer. Maradona only recently had surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain, following a fall. Maradona left the hospital on November 11 just eight days after being admitted for emergency brain surgery.
The iconic former Argentinian footballer has driven away from the private Olivos Clinic just before 6 pm on November 11. His lawyer, Matias Morlahas said that the 60-year-old would continue to receive treatment for alcohol dependency.
Maradona was expected to stay in a house near his older daughters. Following the operation on his brain, there was the medical staff who remained at Maradona’s home to keep him under observation.
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A cardiorespiratory arrest means his heart stopped and he was not breathing, so had to be resuscitated.
Journalist Cesar Luis Merlo reports that doctors attempted to revive Maradona. But it seems that the awful news is sadly true: football has lost one of its most legendary players.
Maradona se descompensó y médicos intentan reanimarlo. Hay varias ambulancias en el barrio donde vive trabajando. #fuerzadiego
— César Luis Merlo (@CLMerlo) November 25, 2020
Maradona, who won the World Cup with Argentina in 1986 and was the coach of Gimnasia’y Esgrima in his home country, had been admitted to hospital on several occasions since his retirement.
He almost died of cocaine-induced heart failure in 2000 and underwent years of rehabilitation.
Maradona, who was well known for having a wild lifestyle during and after his playing days, had a gastric bypass operation to lose weight in 2005 and was once more hospitalized two years later for alcohol-induced hepatitis.