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Diego Maradona's lawyer demands probe into circumstances of soccer star’s death, slams ‘slow emergency response’

Football

By Reuters | Nov 26, 2020

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**The coffin holding the body of soccer legend Diego Maradona arrives at the Casa Rosada presidential palace, in Buenos Aires, Argentina early November 26, 2020.** [Reuters, Martin Villar]

Diego Maradona’s lawyer, Matías Morla, said on Thursday that he would ask for a full investigation into the circumstances of the soccer star’s death, and criticized what he said was a slow response by emergency service.

Maradona, 60, died on Wednesday at his Tigre home in the north of Buenos Aires after suffering heart failure. The former footballer had various health problems and weeks ago he had undergone surgery for a blood clot in his head.

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