Brazilian football legend Pele dead at 82

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 31, 2022 12:08 am

(UPDATED) SAO PAULO: Brazilian football icon Pele, a three-time World Cup winner who is widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, died on Thursday at the age of 82 — triggering a wave of tributes from the sports world and beyond.

His death after a long battle with cancer was caused by 'multiple organ failure,' the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo said in a statement, confirming the news from the legend's family.

GREATEST OF ALL TIME A man takes a picture of a mural depicting Brazil's late football player Pele at Tijuca neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022 (December 30 in Manila), just hours after his passing at a Sao Paulo hospital. Brazilian football icon Pele, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time and a three-time World Cup winner who masterminded the beautiful game, died on Thursday at the age of 82. PHOTO BY MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP

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