Pele, Brazil football legend and three-time World Cup winner, dies aged 82
Brazilian football legend Pele has died at the age of 82 after a lengthy battle with cancer.
Pele, considered one of the greatest footballers of all time, was admitted to the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo on November 29, to re-evaluate his colon cancer treatment. He was later diagnosed with a respiratory infection, and was under “elevated care” related to “kidney and cardiac dysfunctions”.
His death was confirmed by his daughter and manager.
He was moved to palliative care after chemotherapy stopped having the expected results.
'Everything we are is because of you. We love you infinitely. Rest in peace,' his daughter Kely Nascimento wrote on Instagram.
Pele - whose full name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento - had a tumour removed from his colon in September last year and had been receiving hospital treatment on a regular basis.
He passed away peacefully on Thursday, a statement posted to his social media accounts confirmed.
Brazilian football legend Pele has died at the age of 82 after a lengthy battle with cancer.
Pele, considered one of the greatest footballers of all time, was admitted to the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo on November 29, to re-evaluate his colon cancer treatment. He was later diagnosed with a respiratory infection, and was under “elevated care” related to “kidney and cardiac dysfunctions”.
His death was confirmed by his daughter and manager.
He was moved to palliative care after chemotherapy stopped having the expected results.
'Everything we are is because of you. We love you infinitely. Rest in peace,' his daughter Kely Nascimento wrote on Instagram.
Pele - whose full name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento - had a tumour removed from his colon in September last year and had been receiving hospital treatment on a regular basis.
He passed away peacefully on Thursday, a statement posted to his social media accounts confirmed.
Brazilian football legend Pele has died at the age of 82 after a lengthy battle with cancer.
Pele, considered one of the greatest footballers of all time, was admitted to the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo on November 29, to re-evaluate his colon cancer treatment. He was later diagnosed with a respiratory infection, and was under “elevated care” related to “kidney and cardiac dysfunctions”.
His death was confirmed by his daughter and manager.
He was moved to palliative care after chemotherapy stopped having the expected results.
'Everything we are is because of you. We love you infinitely. Rest in peace,' his daughter Kely Nascimento wrote on Instagram.
Pele - whose full name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento - had a tumour removed from his colon in September last year and had been receiving hospital treatment on a regular basis.
He passed away peacefully on Thursday, a statement posted to his social media accounts confirmed.
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Pele, Brazil football legend and three-time World Cup winner, dies aged 82
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