'Diego lives on': Argentines pray for Maradona on anniversary of his death

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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Fans and family of Diego Maradona in Argentina and around the world gathered on Thursday to remember and pray for the troubled soccer star on the first anniversary of his death.

In a church in Garin, in the province of Buenos Aires, family members joined a Mass in his memory, with a large portrait on the altar of the 1986 world champion, known as"Pelusa" for his long mane or just"D10S" - a play on the Spanish word for God and his famous No. 10 jersey.

Maradona, who died on Nov. 25, 2020, of cardiac arrest at age 60, was born in a poor section outside the capital Buenos Aires. He was an icon to many in Argentina and around the world, including Naples, Italy, where a statue of Maradona was unveiled on Thursday. It would be"an eternal resting place where he can be visited and receive the recognition and love from the millions of people who express it every day," said a post on Maradona's Instagram account, now managed by his family.

 

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