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Dec 30, 2022 5 tweets 4 min read
VIDEO: "The King never dies", say Pele's fans who came to the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo to pay tribute to the Brazilian football legend, who has died after a fight with cancer.
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#UPDATE His face appeared on televisions around the world and dominated the homepages of news outlets everywhere as global media bowed to the late, great #Pele -- the undisputed "King" of football.
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#UPDATE Tributes poured in from across Brazil and beyond Friday for football legend #Pele as the country held three days of mourning for the player widely regarded as the greatest of all time after his death at age 82.
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#UPDATE Top flight football matches in England, Italy, France will all honour #Pele before each match in the upcoming round of games, it was announced Friday.
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