RIP Diego Maradona

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RIP Diego Maradona

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Not sure if we have any soccer fans here but he was a true legend for the sport and an icon in South America.

RIP. :(

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Oh dang, RIP Diego. Dude lived a crazy life, check out the bio / documentary that's streaming right now (can't remember if its Amazon or Netflix), it's really well done.
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Oh shit. That’s gonna hurt a lot of futbol fans.
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Stupid Twitter is thinking Madonna died and freaking out :facepalm: :lol:
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60 is young, man. What happened?
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RyanDistortion wrote:60 is young, man. What happened?

Heart attack. He has a past of heavy drug and alcohol abuse, even recently, which is most likely the cause although it's impossible to know for sure until a full autopsy is done.
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So, so talented, then the lifestyle burned the candle out early :cry:
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skybluegary wrote:So, so talented, then the lifestyle burned the candle out early :cry:

Well, he certainly lived the shit our of his life. Slaying the pitch, the bitches off the pitch, and altering his reality to oblivion.

I might choose to live his life if given the opportunity :idk:

I bet the 2nd half of his life was pretty miserable, tbh. Addiction isn't fun. I already know.
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His significance to his sport is equivalent to who in the US?
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Bonano wrote:His significance to his sport is equivalent to who in the US?


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Maybe Kobe Bryant.
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andvari7 wrote:Maybe Kobe Bryant.

yeah or even Michael Jordan. He was considered the GOAT by many, along with Pelé.
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He was 5'5!
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He was something to behold. I was a kid when he was in his prime, and I remember him as the best player in the world for a pretty long time. At one point I went back and watched some of his games on YouTube just to make sure memory wasn't playing tricks on me and exaggerating how good he was. My memory was spot on. When you watch him playing in his prime, it's like he had another gear that no one else on the field had.

The dude worked hard and played hard, and probably packed more living into his 60 years than most people could fit into several lifetimes. I'm wasn't surprised when I heard he had passed, because his lifestyle wasnt conducive to living all that long, but it still made me very sad to hear he was gone.
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