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Dec 30, 2022 · Pelé, the Brazilian soccer legend who won three World Cups and became the sport’s first global icon, has died at the age of 82.
- Flora Charner
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- Flora Charner
Dec 29, 2022 · Brazilian soccer icon Pelé, regarded as the sport’s greatest player, whose wizardry on the pitch helped popularize it as “the beautiful game,” died Thursday after a yearlong bout with cancer.
Dec 29, 2022 · Pelé, one of soccer’s greatest players and a transformative figure in 20th-century sports who achieved a level of global celebrity few athletes have known, died on Thursday in São Paulo. He ...
Dec 31, 2022 · The Brazil legend’s death in São Paulo has prompted an outpouring of tributes from the football world and beyond.
Dec 29, 2022 · SAO PAULO (AP) — Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. He was 82. The standard-bearer of “the beautiful game” had undergone treatment for colon cancer since 2021.
Dec 29, 2022 · RIO DE JANEIRO — The soccer star Edson Arantes do Nascimento — known around the world as Pelé — has died at 82. He'd been battling complications from colon cancer and had been admitted into a...
- Catherine Osborn
Dec 29, 2022 · Soccer superstar Pelé, who led Brazil to its first World Cup at the age of 17, has died at 82. After a superlative career that saw him win two more World Cups and revolutionize the men's game,...
