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Totò Schillaci, Italy’s football idol behind the 1990 World Cup’s “nights of magic,” where he won the Golden Boot and the Golden Ball, has died at the age of 59. The former star player had been hospitalised in serious condition since 7 September at the Civico hospital in his native Palermo. The much-adored Italian national team striker, who plied his trade at Juventus and Inter Milan, had long been battling cancer. Two surgeries in recent days were declared successful, resulting in slight but steady improvement, domestic media reported. But his condition soon worsened, and he died shortly afte…

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