ARGENTINA: FOOTBALL / SOCCER - Soccer legend Diego Maradona arrives on news of mother's death

Record ID: 446717

  • Title: ARGENTINA: FOOTBALL / SOCCER - Soccer legend Diego Maradona arrives on news of mother's death
  • Date: 22nd November 2011
  • Summary: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (NOVEMBER 20, 2011) (REUTERS) (*** FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY ***) VARIOUS OF THE HOME OF SOCCER LEGEND DIEGO MARADONA'S PARENTS, WHERE A SIGN THANKS FRIENDS FOR THE CONDOLENCES AND SAYS ONLY FAMILY MEMBERS ARE ALLOWED INSIDE VARIOUS OF THE PLACE WHERE WAKE WILL BE HELD VARIOUS OF AMBULANCE TRANSPORTING BODY OF MARADONA'S MOTHER VARIOUS OF DALMA MARADONA, DIEGO MARADONA'S DAUGHTER, ARRIVING TO THE FUNERAL PARLOR VARIOUS OF VEHICLE TRANSPORTING DIEGO MARADONA AS IT ENTERS FUNERAL PARLOR
  • Embargoed: 7th December 2011 12:00
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  • Location: Argentina
  • Country: Argentina
  • Topics: Obituaries,Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVADK4BOO46E4SWACQWB2I0AR9C0
  • Story Text: Soccer legend Diego Maradona arrived in Argentina on Sunday (November 20) to say goodbye to his mother, who died at a Buenos Aires hospital on Saturday (November 19). She was 82.
    At the family home in Buenos Aires, a sign thanked friends for the condolences and indicated that, with all due respect, only family members were allowed.
    Maradona flew in from Dubai, where he coaches the Al Wasl team, and arrived in time to attend the wake for his mother. The burial is expected to take place Monday (November 21).
    Dalma Salvadora Franco, known as Doña Tota, had a history of cardiac and kidney problems for which she has been hospitalized on several occasions over the past decade.
    On Friday (November 18), she was admitted to the intensive care unit of Los Arcos Hospital for sepsis, kidney and coronary problems.
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