Football superstar Lionel Messi travelled from Miami by private jet to attend the burial of his father, Jorge Messi, at El Prado cemetery in Rosario (Argentina's third-largest city and Messi's birthplace) on Sunday. Jorge, who died on Saturday at a Rosario hospital at the age of 68 following treatment for an undisclosed illness, was a pivotal figure in his son's rise to global stardom — accompanying the young Lionel to Spain for his trial at FC Barcelona's famous youth academy and later overseeing his contracts and business affairs. The family was escorted to the cemetery by a police motorcade for what was described as a private wake and burial.