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Diego Maradona, a god of football

26 November 2020

6:26 PM

26 November 2020

6:26 PM

Argentina has announced three days of national mourning after the death of Diego Maradona. Take a second and think about that. Who in Britain, beyond the Queen, might command such nationwide grief?

Despite his untimely death, Maradona will never truly die. Gods never do.

Naples is able to marry the divine and the devil like no other city; a rough, tough, crumbling beauty that seats opulence in the midst of teeming poverty.

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