The most famous player in the history of Argentine football, Diego Maradona, was buried with his heart removed. This information was told by the doctor and journalist Nelson Castro.
The request to give them the heart of a cult football player was expressed by fans of one of the football clubs. For some reason, Maradona's relatives decided to satisfy this desire. That is why an autopsy was performed before the funeral, during which the heart was removed and given to the fans. True, at first the autopsy was used to clarify the causes of death of Diego Armando Maradona.
It turned out that the famous athlete has a very heavy heart. It weighed over 500 grams versus the usual 300 for an average man of his age. Athletes' hearts have been known to enlarge as a result of regular exercise, as they pump more blood around the body, but doctors believe that in this case the reason was different. Diego Maradona suffered from heart failure for a long time.
Maradona is not only the most famous, but also the most scandalous football player in the history of Argentine football. He repeatedly got into trouble due to his violent nature, and since the late 1980s he became a front-page character in the yellow newspapers due to drug addiction. Several times he was detained with drugs, suspended from competitions, and at the 1994 World Cup in the United States, Maradona was completely removed from the tournament after doping tests showed he had illegal drugs. After that, Maradona was no longer able to fully return to football and was engaged in coaching. He became very stout, continued to fight with journalists and abuse prohibited substances. On November 25 last year, Maradona died of acute heart failure at the age of 60. Shortly before that, he underwent brain surgery. (READ MORE) 
Nelson Castro Persons Argentinean journalist, physician and writer.