‘Insolent’ funeral home worker fired after taking selfies with Maradona’s open coffin, thumbs up

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Argentina news, World news.

A sickening selfie next to late Diego Maradona’s open coffin cost a funeral parlor worker his job and brought him angry outcries and admonishments.

The unidentified worker gave the thumbs up next to the lifeless body of the Argentinian soccer legend who died on Wednesday of a heart attack.

The owner of Sepelios Pinier's funeral home said that the insolent worker was charged with preparing Maradona’s body for the wake when he caught the rude picture.

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    The coffin was later transported to the presidential palace as Argentinians lined the streets in mourning and packed the surroundings of the Buenos Aires stadium, renamed in honor of Maradona.

    Maradona passed away during his sleep, a preliminary autopsy revealed, after he suffered heart failure. On Nov. 11, he had left the hospital following brain surgery.