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  • Thousands bid farewell to Pelé

    CNN  —  Soccer great Pelé was laid to rest on Tuesday after thousands lined the streets in the city of Santos to view his funeral procession. The procession had started at the Urbano Caldeira Stadium, home of Pelé’s former club Santos, and his coffin was carried through the streets of Santos, including the street where…

  • Brazilian football legend Pelé hospitalised amid concerns he is in palliative care

    The Brazilian football great Pelé had a respiratory infection and was to remain at the hospital where he has been since Tuesday. He is being treated with antibiotics, Hospital Albert Einstein said in a statement on Friday. “His response has been adequate and the patient, who remains in a regular bedroom, is stable, with an…

  • Pelé's coffin is placed in the middle of the pitch in Brazil's final farewell

    CNN  —  Brazilians have started paying their final respects to football great Pelé with a 24-hour public wake, which began on Monday at the Urbano Caldeira Stadium, the home of his former football club, Santos. The wake is open to the public and mourners began entering the stadium Monday morning. On Tuesday, a funeral procession…