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Jan 3 • 5 tweets • 6 min read

VIDEO: 🇧🇷 People stream to Santos, Brazil to pay tribute to #Pele

A line stretching two kilometres formed outside the Vila Belmiro stadium, home to Santos FC, the club where the football star played most of his career and which is holding a 24-hour wake after his death aged 82

#UPDATE Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will lead the tributes on Tuesday as the country says a final farewell to football legend #Pele, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time ▶️ u.afp.com/igH6

#BREAKING Brazil's Lula pays last respects at football great Pele's coffin: AFP

#UPDATE Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva paid his last respects on Tuesday to football legend #Pele, attending his wake in the southeastern city of Santos where the icon first dazzled the world with his talent

#UPDATE Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva led the tributes on Tuesday in the southeastern city of #Santos as the country said its final farewell to football legend #Pele, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time ▶️ u.afp.com/ig9M

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