Pelé is being mourned around the world after his death at the age of 82.
His passing at Sao Paulo's Albert Einstein hospital where he was receiving chemotherapy was confirmed on his Instagram account.
"Inspiration and love marked the journey of King Pelé, who peacefully passed away today," it read, adding he had "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."
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30 дек 2022
