The Brazilian legend died in the Albert Einstein hospital in São Paulo after entering the facility in November for cancer treatment.
abc.net.au/news/pele-brazilian-world-cup-winner-football-great-dies-82/101808098Pelé, a three-time World Cup winner and arguably the greatest player of the 20th century, has died aged 82.Medical reports state the soccer star died at 3:27am local time due to organ failure caused by colon cancer.Pelé's official Instagram posted about his death.
"On his journey, Edson enchanted the world with his genius in sport, stopped a war, carried out social works all over the world and spread what he most believed to be the cure for all our problems: love," it said.
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