India, March 11 -- Seven medical professionals who were responsible for treating Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona in his final days are set to stand trial for culpable homicide. The trial, beginning Tuesday in Buenos Aires, will examine allegations that negligence by Maradona's doctors and caregivers led to his untimely death in 2020 at the age of 60.

Maradona, widely regarded as one of the greatest soccer players of all time, suffered a fatal heart attack at his rented residence in Tigre, an affluent district north of Buenos Aires, while recovering from brain surgery to remove a blood clot.

Despite his history of addiction, obesity, and alcoholism, prosecutors argue that Maradona's death was preventable, had he received proper me...