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Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona dies at 60
St. Louis Post Dispatch ^ | 11/25/2020 | Debora Rey

Posted on 11/25/2020 10:52:55 AM PST by Obadiah

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer great who scored the “Hand of God” goal in 1986 and led his country to that year's World Cup title before later struggling with cocaine use and obesity, has died. He was 60.

A person close to Maradona said he died Wednesday of a heart attack. The person spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly.

Maradona died two weeks after being released from a Buenos Aires hospital following brain surgery.

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KEYWORDS: diegomaradona; footballsoccer; maradona; neverheardofhim; who
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A shock, and not a shock. Very sad, such a great player.
1 posted on 11/25/2020 10:52:55 AM PST by Obadiah
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To: Obadiah

On one leg he had a tattoo of Che, on the other of Castro.


2 posted on 11/25/2020 10:57:37 AM PST by libh8er
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Perfect.
Because Wednesday is trash day.


3 posted on 11/25/2020 10:57:45 AM PST by westbynorthwest
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To: Obadiah

I consider him to be a tragic hero of sorts. Deeply flawed, but a great player nonetheless.


4 posted on 11/25/2020 11:00:22 AM PST by Obadiah
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To: westbynorthwest

He was 60. His liver was 138.


5 posted on 11/25/2020 11:00:29 AM PST by littleharbour ("You take on the intel community they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you" C. Schumer)
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To: Obadiah

Just goes to show that athletic talent, like acting skill, can coincide with terrible deficiencies in other dimensions.


6 posted on 11/25/2020 11:00:47 AM PST by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: Obadiah

Somehow I don't think they're mourning in England.

7 posted on 11/25/2020 11:01:22 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Obadiah

Soccer, the sport of the third world.


8 posted on 11/25/2020 11:01:38 AM PST by KobraKai
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To: littleharbour

... and smelled like sulphur.


9 posted on 11/25/2020 11:01:49 AM PST by westbynorthwest
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To: libh8er

also on his arms.


10 posted on 11/25/2020 11:01:54 AM PST by Fungi
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To: libh8er

He was arguing about his tattoos.

He pulled down his pants and sat on a park bench. He asked a wino to look.

“Are these not Che and Castro on my legs?” He asked.

The wino said,

“I don’t who the guys on your legs are, but I think the dick in the middle is Bill Clinton.”


11 posted on 11/25/2020 11:03:35 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: dfwgator

That’s photoshopped!

/s


12 posted on 11/25/2020 11:04:05 AM PST by Obadiah
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To: KobraKai
To be honest, basketball is just as third-world as soccer.

Just saw a video of a slum in the Phillipines -- groups playing both soccer and basketball.

13 posted on 11/25/2020 11:07:25 AM PST by PallMal
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To: blueunicorn6

LOL!


14 posted on 11/25/2020 11:08:21 AM PST by Professional ( )
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To: Obadiah

Hand of God.

I hate soccer but know enough from friends to know who this all time cheater was.


15 posted on 11/25/2020 11:08:46 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: dfwgator
Post game:


16 posted on 11/25/2020 11:09:39 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Obadiah
According to Liam Gallagher (of the band Oasis): He was told by Maradona’s interpreter at a party: “[Maradona] told me to tell you, if you leave with any of his b*tches, he’ll have you shot.”
17 posted on 11/25/2020 11:23:48 AM PST by PGR88
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

The two most musclebound guys in my HS both passed in their late 50s, they were still quit fit.


18 posted on 11/25/2020 11:26:30 AM PST by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: KobraKai

Soccer is a beautiful game...

...and I am a proud SIKH American TRUMPer (Trump Supporter)


19 posted on 11/25/2020 11:28:58 AM PST by nick0786bazpur
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To: libh8er

On one leg he had a tattoo of Che, on the other of Castro.


Athletes are not known for their brains.


20 posted on 11/25/2020 11:33:20 AM PST by lodi90
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