Tears as Diego Maradona is buried

Diego Maradona was buried yesterday, November 26th, in a private ceremony attended by only two dozen people.

The football legend died on the 25th of November, 2020 in Tigre, Argentina, and an autopsy report leaked to the Argentine media, claimed he died in his sleep after suffering heart failure, according to the Daily Mail.

Maradona’s death comes only two weeks after leaving hospital following surgery to remove a blood clot on his brain.

Medics also detected dilated cardiomyopathy, a medical condition in which the heart muscle becomes weakened and enlarged and cannot pump enough blood to the rest of the body.

Only family members and close friends were permitted at Jardin Bella Vista cemetery for the final religious ceremony and burial of Maradona next to the graves of his parents, Dalma and Diego.

Fans waving Argentine flags had gathered along roads as Maradona’s funeral car drove by under heavy security. Many tried to touch the vehicle whenever it was stopped by traffic.

The earlier viewing at the Argentine presidential mansion was halted shortly after it started, as Maradona’s family wished and the body of the Argentine icon was taken away for burial, frustrating many who were waiting to pay their respects and causing new tensions at the gates of the cemetery.