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A young Diego Maradona resting with his family on a beach.

Diego Armando Maradona and Claudia Villafañe got married in 1989, but by then they had already forged a beautiful relationship from which two daughters were born: Dalma and Giannina

The great Argentine soccer player Diego Maradona poses with his wife Claudia Villafane and his mother Dalma (left) during their wedding in Buenos Aires on November 8, 1989.

Diego Maradona, his wife Claudia Villafane and their two daughters, pose with Fidel Castro during a visit to the Palace of the Revolution.

Argentine soccer player Diego Maradona is taken by the police from a Buenos Aires apartment on April 26, 1991, after being arrested for possession of half a kilo of cocaine.

Diego Maradona escorted by police as he leaves a courthouse after responding to charges of shooting journalists outside his country home two months earlier, in the city of Mercedes, 100 kilometers from Buenos Aires, on March 15. 1994.

Soccer legends Diego Maradona (left) and Pele rest in a hammock during a reception in Rio de Janeiro on May 14, 1995.

Diego Maradona watching the Carnival parades at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 23, 1998.

November 4, 1998 Former Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona (left), accompanied by his coach Guillermo Coppola, greets the photographers as he attends the Mercosur Cup quarter-final match between Palmeiras of Brazil and the former team by Maradona, Boca Juniors

Argentine World Cup champion Diego Maradona smokes a cigar in the waters of Havana, Cuba, in April 2000

Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona dances with a glass on his head as he celebrates his 40th birthday at a nightclub in Buenos Aires on October 31, 2000.

Former Argentine soccer star Diego Armando Maradona is held by friends while attempting to attack a photographer in the parking lot of a Havana supermarket on January 25, 2000.

Diego Maradona, in 2001, then in Cuba in rehabilitation for cocaine abuse, shows Cuban President Fidel Castro a tattoo of him on his leg.

November 4, 2005, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez (r) jokes with former Argentine soccer player Diego Armando Maradona during the mass demonstration “Summit of the Peoples”

July 4, 2006, Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona poses before the 2006 World Cup semi-final between Germany and Italy at the Dortmund Stadium.

December 18, 2008, Argentine President Cristina Kirchner hugs the coach of the Argentine soccer team, Diego Maradona, during an inauguration ceremony of the shopping center in Canning, Buenos Aires province, Argentina.

Former Argentine soccer player Diego Maradona kisses the hand of Ronaldinho of Brazil after the men's soccer medal ceremony at the 2008 Beijing Olympics on August 23, 2008.

Argentine great Diego Maradona swings a ball on his head during an event at the 61st Cannes Film Festival on the French Riviera.

January 28, 2009 Diego Maradona during a ceremony in Caracas with Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez

Maradona with Mourinho during a visit to Real Madrid in 2010

September 2011 shows Diego Maradona, then coach of the Al-Wasl club in the United Arab Emirates, with his mother Dalma, in Buenos Aires.

June 14, 2012, former Argentine footballer and UAE Al Wasl coach Diego Maradona (right) hugs his father “Don Diego” before the start of the semifinal of the first leg of the Copa Libertadores 2012 between Argentina. Boca Juniors and Universidad de Chile at the “La Bombonera” stadium

Argentine Al-Wasl club coach Diego Maradona meets his son-in-law, Sergio Agüero (C), of Manchester City, and his grandson Benjamin at the end of a 2012 Champions League soccer match

Raúl Gonzalez, Maradona and Michel Salgado in 2013

Pope Francis meets Diego Maradona during an audience with the players of the 'Partita Interreligiosa Della Pace' in the Paul VI Hall before the Interreligious Match for Peace at the Stadium in September 2014.

October 12, 2016 Argentine soccer legend Diego Armando Maradona (left) and Italian forward and AS Roma captain Francesco Totti are pictured before competing in the 'Match for Peace – United for Peace '

July 5, 2017, former Argentine soccer player Diego Armando Maradona gestures on stage to the audience during a show in the Plebiscito Square in Naples.

July 05, 2017 Former Argentine soccer player Diego Armando Maradona receives honorary citizenship of Naples from the city's mayor, Luigi De Magistris, during a ceremony at the Naples city hall.

Former Argentine player Diego Maradona congratulates player Cristiano Ronaldo after winning The Best FIFA Male Player award

Diego Maradona kisses his girlfriend Rocío Oliva in 2017. She is the last known woman in Diego's life, who for many years starred in continuous reconciliations and fights with his ex-partners in the midst of a self-destructive spiral

Former Brazilian soccer star Ronaldo (left) and former Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona arrive to participate in “Gianni's game, the game of legends,” a soccer match with soccer legends in 2017

Former Argentine soccer player Diego Maradona (left) and American co-host and actress Eva Longoria speak on stage to announce the 2016 FIFA Best Male Player award during the FIFA Best Soccer Awards ceremony, the January 9, 2017

Soccer star Diego Maradona arrives at the Brest stadium on July 16, 2018. The 57-year-old Argentine visits Belarus for the first time after becoming the chairman of the Dinamo board of directors.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Pelé and Diego Maradona pose before the 2018 FIFA World Cup Draw

Maradona with his son Diego

March 7, 2020 Gymnastics and Fencing coach Diego Maradona with his daughter Dalma Maradona and his grandson Benjamín Agüero.