WATCH | Thousands line streets as Brazil bids farewell to Pelé: Emotional crowds bid Brazil soccer legend Pelé a final farewell on Tuesday, lining the streets of Santos to watch his coffin taken to its final resting place from the city's stadium where…
Mourners watch and take photos as the coffin of Brazilian football legend Pelé passes during the funeral procession through the streets of Santos, Brazil as it approaches the football legend's final resting place at Memorial Necrópole Ecumênica cemetery on January 3 2023.
Pelé died last week at the age of 82 after battling colon cancer for a year. He was laid to rest at the city's Ecumenical Memorial Necropolis, a 14-storey vertical cemetery with views of the football field in Santos that made him a star. Pelé's sister Maria Lucia Nascimento, 78, watched in tears from a balcony and thanked the crowds in a brief TV interview.
“I'm still trying to get my head around this. No matter how much we prepare, we are never ready for the farewell,” said Pelé fan Marcelo Caverna. Fifa President Gianni Infantino was one of the first to attend the stadium wake on Monday and said he would ask football associations around the world to name a stadium after Pelé, the only man to win the World Cup three times as a player.
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