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Argentines bid a raucous farewell to Maradona amid clashes

by Debora ReyAlmudena Calatrava
| November 26, 2020 4:30 PM

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Soccer superstar Diego Maradona was buried Thursday in a private ceremony attended by only two dozen people — a stark contrast to earlier in the day when tens of thousands of weeping fans filed past his coffin for hours in an observance that mixed head-of-state-like honors with the chaos of a rowdy stadium.

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