Maradona’s children want to shift his body from cemetery to mausoleum

Diego Maradona

Children of the late football star Diego Maradona have asked a court in Argentina to authorise the transfer of his body from the private cemetery where he is buried to a mausoleum under construction in Buenos Aires to allow fans from around the world to pay tribute to him.

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They made the request to a court in San Isidro in a letter quoted on Thursday by local media in which they indicated that it comes from "all the heirs" of the football star, who died in 2020. Maradona, who led Argentina to the World Cup title in 1986, is buried in the Jardin de Bella Vista, a private cemetery in the town of San Miguel about 50kms northwest of Buenos Aires.

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