Buenos Aires: A Diego Maradona fan who named his twin daughters Mara and Dona on Thursday welcomed to the world a baby boy named Diego, on the first anniversary of the Argentine football great's death.
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Walter Rotundo, 39, said he and his wife Victoria scheduled the caesarean delivery for this day. "Everything went fine, as planned," Rotundo told AFP.
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Rotundo says he never met Maradona in person but that his hero knew Rotundo had named his daughters - now 10 years old - after him
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"This day that so many people are sad over Diego, I, too, am sad. But I feel somewhat better because of my son's birth.
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Now, in the future, this day will continue to be the anniversary of the death of Diego but it will also be my son's birthday," Rotundo said.
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He tells the story of how, when Mara and Dona were born 10 years ago, he sent Maradona a picture of himself holding the baby girls in his arms.
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Maradona responded by sending Rotundo a picture of himself holding that photo.
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Rotundo was so tickled by the gesture he tattooed that image of Maradona on his back.
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