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| World Pele dies at age 82 |
Pele has died aged 82 following a period in hospital, having had a tumour removed from his colon last year
The Brazilian is widely regarded as the greatest footballer ever to have lived, following an incredible career
Pele is the only player ever to have won the World Cup three times, including at the age of just 17
He posted on social media on his his 82nd birthday on October 23, when he said he was 'in good health'
Pele was one of the most influential people of the 20th Century, and one of the first black global sports icons
Pele, the Brazilian who has long been considered the greatest footballer of all time, has died at the age of 82.
The legendary figure, a man who transcended his sport and was a global icon, learned that his colon cancer had advanced on December 21 and was told he would be kept in hospital over Christmas - with the iconic forward needing treatment for cardiac and renal dysfunction.