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25 Nov, 17 tweets, 13 min read
#BREAKING Football great Maradona in critical condition: Argentine TV
#BREAKING Football legend Maradona dead

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#UPDATE Renowned with Brazil's Pele as one of the greatest footballers of all time, the Argentine World Cup winning captain died of a heart attack, having undergone brain surgery earlier this month, a member of his entourage told AFP
#BREAKING "Ciao Diego": Napoli bid farewell to club legend Maradona
#BREAKING Maradona to be honoured by minute of silence before Wednesday's Champions League games, says UEFA
#BREAKING Pele mourns Maradona, saying, "I hope we'll play soccer together in the sky"
#UPDATE Diego Maradona, one of the greatest footballers of all time, died at the age of 60, plunging his sport and his native Argentina into mourning u.afp.com/3Fay
#BREAKING Maradona to lay in state at presidential palace, says Argentinian presidency
#BREAKING Maradona remains to undergo autopsy Wednesday, says prosecutor
#UPDATE Argentine President Alberto Fernandez announced three days of national mourning in the South American country u.afp.com/3Fay
#BREAKING Maradona's body arrives at presidential palace: Argentina TV
#UPDATE 'Eternal' Maradona's death plunges Argentina, football into mourning

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Argentines mourn Maradona, 'the most human of Gods'

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The career of Argentine football legend Diego Maradona who died Wednesday of a heart attack at the age of 60

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@AFPgraphics #BREAKING Maradona to be buried Thursday outside Buenos Aires: spokesman
@AFPgraphics #UPDATE Thousands of Argentines filed past Diego #Maradona's coffin in Buenos Aires on Thursday after the country and the world of football was plunged into mourning by the sporting icon's death at the age of 60 u.afp.com/3F9g #AFPSports
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@AFPgraphics @rschemidt @jmabromata #UPDATE "Diego, Diego, Diego!"

The cry goes up outside the San Paolo Stadium in #Naples, southern Italy, where since daybreak Thursday tearful mourners have been laying candles and messages for football great Diego #Maradona u.afp.com/3Fyq
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