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Diego Maradona autopsy shows no alcohol or illegal drugs in system
Argentine football star Diego Maradona did not consume alcohol or illicit narcotics in the days before his death, an autopsy has revealed.
Key points:
- One of the world’s greatest footballers died last month
- Investigators are looking into various facets of his death, which rocked Argentina
- Maradona’s daughter Gianinna said the autopsy showed “a result compatible with cirrhosis of the liver”
Maradona, who died in November aged 60, had taken seven different medicines to treat depression, anxiety and other ailments but “there was no presence of (illegal) drugs,” a judicial official said.
The autopsy, which was based on blood and urine samples and released by the Buenos Aires Scientific Police, said Maradona had problems with his kidneys, heart…
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