Diego Maradona: Life in frames

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Argentine star Diego Maradona holds up the World Cup trophy as he is carried off the field after Argentina defeated West Germany 3-2 to win the World Cup soccer championship in Mexico City 29 June, 1986.
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Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona poses with his wife Claudia Villafane and his mother Dalma (L) during his wedding party in Buenos Aires 8 November, 1989
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A file photo shows Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona (C) escorted by police as he leaves a courthouse after answering charges he shot and injured journalists outside his country home two months earlier, in the city of Mercedes 100 kilometers from Buenos Aires, 15 March, 1994
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Argentina's Diego Maradona (C) is fouled by South Korea's Kim Young-se (L) during their first round World Cup match in Mexico City in this 2 June, 1986 file photo
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In this file photo taken on 29 June, 1986 Argentina's soccer star team captain Diego Maradona evades a tackle from West Germany's Lothar Matthaus during the World Soccer Cup final, won by Argentina's team after a 3-2 victory over West Germany, 29 June 1986 at the Azteca stadium in Mexico City
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Diego Maradona scores for at 1986 FIFA World Cup quarter final match against England at Azteca Stadium, Mexico City
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Former Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona smokes a cigar before the start of the Argentine First Division soccer match between Boca Juniors and San Lorenzo de Almagro at La Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires 19 February, 2006.
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Soccer legends Diego Maradona (L) and Pele rest on a hammock during a reception in Rio de Janeiro, 14 May, 1995
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Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona celebrates before thousands of spectators after his team, Boca Juniors, beat their rival River Plate in the Argentine 'classic' confrontation between the two most popular soccer teams 25 October, 1997
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Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona, then in Cuba undergoing rehabilitation for cocaine abuse, shows Cuban President Fidel Castro a tattoo of him on his leg, inside Revolution Palace in Havana, in this file photo from 29 October, 2001
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In this file photo taken on 21 June, 1994 Argentina's World Cup soccer team Captain Diego Maradona (C) yells out as he and his teammates celebrate after Argentina scored a goal in their World Cup match against Greece at Foxboro Stadium near Boston
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