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Aerial view of the burial of late Argentine football legend Diego Maradona as his family and friends carry the coffin at the Jardin Bella Vista cemetery, in Buenos Aires province, on November 26, 2020. Image Credit: AFP

Buenos Aires: Argentine football legend Diego Maradona was laid to rest Thursday after a private funeral on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, television images showed.

As darkness fell, Maradona was laid to rest after a simple religious ceremony attended by family and close friends in the leafy surrounds of the Bella Vista cemetery outside the capital.