Maradona dead?

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  1. Bak

    Baka Well-Known Member

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    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...ffering-cardiac-arrest-according-reports.html

    (Apologies for linking to The Daily Gammon, but I couldn't find it anywhere else.)

    To prevent you having to click it:

    Diego Maradona has died after suffering a cardiac arrest, according to reports in his native Argentina.

    The football legend had a heart attack at his home just two weeks after leaving hospital where he underwent surgery on a blot clot in his brain.

    Maradona, who won the World Cup with Argentina in 1986, was 60.

    More to follow.
     
  2. Abruzzo Red

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    It’s all over Twitter
     
  3. dreamboy3000

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    Single handedly won Napoli the league title. It's a shame over here we know him best for being a cheat and his abuse of drugs over the years probably played a role in him dying relatively young.
     
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    Probably inevitable after his years of coke abuse.

    Not exactly loved on these shores but he was still someone’s dad and grandad - and also an all time great, so it has to be seen as sad.
     
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    Enormously talented footballer - I'll say no more, RIP.

    Changed my mind, spooky in view of the handball thread....
     
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    Sad news, but not that surprising. He seems to have been hanging by a thread for at least a decade.
     
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    It's on Sky News now.
     
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    Inevitable due to the amount of cocaine he put in his body. Was a talented footballer no doubt about that, but wasn't a very good human being His attitude at the last World Cup proved that, giving the middle finger
     
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    All about opinion, but for me the greatest footballer that ever lived.
     
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    Not a patch on Dave Regis. However, that 'proper' goal against England in 86 was fantastic.
     
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    The autobiographical film he did showed the pressures he was under. He was a class footballer.
     
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    On the positive side,,,, at least god will get his hand back!
     
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    RIP One of the greatest players ever.
     
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    Probably the greatest, talent wise

    RIP
     
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    Superb player.
     
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    Very sad news. Sorry I never got the opportunity to see him play.
    Certainly one of the greatest footballers ever.
    R.I.P. Diego.
     
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    RIP - I unfortunately didn't get to see him play as he retired in 1997 when I was only 3. But he will certainly be forever remembered as one of the best.
     
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    Lineker getting some stick for this one!

     
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    Typical Lineker comment.
     

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