Pelé, the soccer player who rose from an impoverished Brazilian slum to become the most famous and, for a time, the best-paid athlete in the world during a spectacular career that produced more World Cup titles and more breathtaking moments than any other, has died at the age of 82, according to The Associated Press.
Never far from the game he so loved, Pelé died of complications from cancer at a hospital in São Paulo on Thursday.
Pelé, who had a tumor removed from his colon in 2021, had been hospitalized since the end of November for care related to colon cancer.
