Diego Maradona died of a heart attack in his own home, aged 60. This is confirmed by his lawyer to Reuters.
The Argentine football legend is said to have had a heart attack in his home in the city of Tigre, writes Clarin. It happens shortly after he underwent a head operation. Spain’s largest newspaper MARCA also writes that Maradona is dead.
Maradona is considered one of, if not the very best football player of all time. He won the World Cup with Argentina in 1986, and ravaged for several years for Barcelona and especially Napoli in European top football.
– It’s sad to hear when people die. I am so old that I have seen and admired Maradona for several years. I have also met and greeted him and I had a lot to do with him, Norway’s former national team manager Egil “Drillo” Olsen tells VG.
He also tells about when Maradona was in Norway in 2006 where he visited the Argentine legend in the hotel room. Drillo tells of both a nice person, but who had a hotel room that could also describe the life of a football legend, untidy.
– He is among the very very greatest. He comes from poor backgrounds, and so have other legends. In that way, he reminds me a bit of Garincha, even though he was a different type of player. Maradona was complete, he knew everything. He had cutting-edge expertise in many areas, Drillo recalls.