Italy football legend and 1982 World Cup winner Paolo Rossi has died, aged 64


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(REUTERS): Paolo Rossi, the hero of Italy's 1982 World Cup-winning campaign, has died at the age of 64.

The news was announced on Thursday by Italian TV channel RAI sport, for whom Rossi had been working as a pundit.

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