Global Football Legend, Pele Is Dead [DETAILS]

The Brazilian football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known by his stage as Pele, passed away at the age of 82.

On December 21, the renowned player, who went beyond his sport to become a global hero, was informed that his colon cancer had progressed and that he would need to stay in the hospital over Christmas in order to receive therapy for cardiac and renal failure.

A month after receiving palliative care, he passed away. Previously, he had been admitted to the hospital on November 30 with swelling all over his body and “decompensated heart failure.”

The former football player apparently found it difficult to eat, according to reports. Hepatic encephalopathy, a disorder of the neurological system brought on by the severe liver illness, was considered by doctors as a possibility.

His wife made the implication that he was simply there for routine checkups and chemotherapy. Kely Nascimento, his daughter, argued that there was no need for concern and that her father’s hospitalization was neither a surprise nor an emergency.

The three-time World Cup champion Brazilian soccer great was the first international figure in the game.