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Fangio's body exhumed to settle paternity claims

Formula 1 legend Juan Manuel Fangio's body was exhumed on Friday to try to resolve paternity cases brought by two men claiming to be the five-times world champion's son. Judge Rodrigo Cataldo ordered the exhumation, carried out at the cemetery in the Argentine town of Balcarce where Fangio was born and died in the presence of officials of the Juan Manuel Fangio Foundation, to take DNA samples from the body. Former racing driver Oscar Espinosa, who had a brief spell in Formula 3 and was commonly known as 'Cacho' Fangio in motor racing circles, and Ruben Vazquez have brought separate paternity claims. Fangio, who won his five titles in the 1950s and died aged 84 on July 17, 1995, never...
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