And just a year older, Best died at age 59.
Every person is different, but it seems that the greats of the past had more issues with drugs and alcohol than the modern-day greats, these days almost everyone is a model professional.
Yeah,and that is so boring.I get that drug abuse and alcohol abuse ain't fun,but man,having these larger than life personas like Maradona,Best,Garrincha it's what makes football so special,i think it's even more than that,it truly embodies the human spirit so good-i.e. looking like Gods sometimes,but ultimately humane and fragile.RIP to Maradona,he was a nutcase,but he was our(football fans) nutcase.