Diego Maradona's last words: Here's what football legend told nephew before suffering fatal heart attack
Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona died at the age of 60 on Wednesday, November 25. Several reports said he died due to cardiac arrest just two weeks after getting discharged from the hospital after he had surgery for a blood clot on his brain. Before his death, Maradona reportedly told his nephew that “I don’t feel well.” He had his breakfast in the morning, but he soon went back to bed, telling nephew Johnny Esposito he was not fine and wanted to take a rest. A nurse who was taking care of Maradona after his release from the hospital called for an ambulance, but by the time medical personnel arrived, he was dead.
According to Daily Star, Maradona after having his first meal of the day said, “Me siento mal”, which means “I don’t feel well” in English. He was staying at a rented house in the gated residential estate of San Andres north of Buenos Aires after his release from the hospital on November 11. A routine inquiry has been launched into his death that happened around midday. Prosecution chief John Broyad said, “Diego Armando Maradona died around 12pm local time. The forensic police began their work at 4pm. No signs of any criminality or violence have been detected. The autopsy is being carried out to determine beyond any doubt the cause of death but we can say at this stage that everything is pointing to natural causes.”
Reports said that the wake for the sportsman will take place at the Argentinian equivalent of the White House. The Casa Rosada - the executive mansion and office of the President of Argentina - will be used for the occasion. Three days of national mourning have also been declared by President Alberto Fernandez. When Maradona was alive, he reportedly revealed what he wanted to be written over his tombstone during a TV interview 15 years ago in which he quizzed himself. The message he wanted to be engraved is: “getting old with his grandchildren would mean a peaceful death.” At the time, Maradona also asked the interviewee what he would say in the cemetery to him, the latter one replied, “Thanks for having played football because it’s the sport that gave me most happiness and freedom and it’s like having touched the sky with my hand. Thanks to the ball. Yes, I would put on the tombstone, ‘Thanks to the ball.”
Meanwhile, another report stated that soon after news of Maradona's death broke, singer Madonna started trending on Twitter. Reportedly, people got confused between the names and thought something happened to the "Queen of Pop". But later most people realized the huge blunder as they seemed to be fixing it. One such user tweeted, “You can’t beat the Americans. MFs mixed Maradona with Madonna.” The second one said, “Not people thinking Madonna died it's ‘Maradona’ not MADONNA. HELP ME.” “MADONNA DID NOT DIE, the former Argentine footballer Diego Armando #Maradona died, he suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest from which he could not be resuscitated despite the medical attention received, reported his agent Matías Morla,” commented the third user.