An autopsy of Argentina's Legend Diego Maradona, who died in Argentina on Wednesday, found that the legendary football player died of heart failure.
According to local media on Thursday, a preliminary autopsy report showed that the former football player succumbed to acute pulmonary edema due to chronic heart failure while he was sleeping.
The final result of the autopsy will reportedly be announced after toxicological and histopathological tests that will look for the presence of any substance in Maradona's body. The Legendary died at the age of 60 after suffering a cardiac arrest on Wednesday, according to multiple reports.
The football legend had a heart attack at his home just two weeks after leaving hospital where he underwent surgery on a blot clot in his brain.
Maradona, regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, helped Argentina to win the World Cup in 1986, the pinnacle of an iconic career. The Argentine news outlet “Clarin” broke the news on Wednesday, describing the news of Maradona’s passing as having a ‘worldwide impact’.
The Legend left the hospital on November 11 just eight days after being admitted for emergency surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain.
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The icon was driven away from the private Olivos Clinic just before 6 pm on Wednesday as hundreds of fans of photographers tried to get a glimpse of him.
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His lawyer, Matias Morlahas said that the 60-year-old would continue to receive treatment for alcohol dependency. He was expected to stay in a house near his older daughters.
Maradona, who won the World Cup with Argentina in 1986 and was the coach of Gimnasia y Esgrima in his home country, had been admitted to hospital on several occasions since his retirement.
He was about to die from cocaine-induced heart failure in 2000 and underwent years of rehabilitation.
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