Funeral Worker Sacked After Taking Photo Next To Diego Maradona's Body

Diego Maradona (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - World football icon Diego Maradona died on Wednesday, November 25 of a heart attack. When the world mourned, funeral workers took pictures next to the legend's corpse.

No doubt, this incident caused public outrage. The reason is, the photo is widely circulated on social media. Diego Maradona who is lying in the coffin is even used to exist in cyberspace.

Maradona just turned 60 months ago, but her health has been deteriorating for some time. Just two weeks ago he had surgery to remove a blood clot in his brain.

Previously he was said to be recovering. But fate says differently, Il Nostro Dio aka Our God, the nickname given to the people of the city of Naples, breathed his last at Tigre. Many fans lament his departure.

Maradona is called one of the best soccer players of all time. Amid a number of controversies, the gold ink that El Pibe de Oro inscribed is indisputable.

Among his many achievements are the 1986 World Cup victory with Argentina and two Scudetto wins with Napoli.

The true legend of El Diego has countless fans. However, after photos of his body were scattered on social media, not a few of them expressed their anger.

Funeral home worker Diego Molina posed as he raised his thumb. He also allowed two other people to take pictures with the Argentine legend.

Diego Molina posing next to Diego Maradona's body (Photo: Daily Star)

Launching the Daily Star, Friday, Globovision reporter Jensser Morales reported that Molina has now been fired from her job.

Meanwhile Diego Picon, manager of Sepelios Pinier's funeral home, confirmed that the three men were outsourcing employees.

"She (Molina) is not an employee here. She is a third party who only helps us load the coffin because it is very heavy," said Picon.

Two funeral workers who are also Molina's colleagues take a photo beside Maradona's body (Photo: Daily Star)

The Maradona family chose a very heavy cedar wood box. That's why the funeral authorities called the three men to bring the coffin.

"The phones of the three outsourced employees who we called and appeared in the photos, we took them before they entered the morgue. We returned the phones when all the work was done and at that time, when the police called me to arrange the transfer, that's when they took pictures ( with Maradona's body), "explained Picon.