Edson Arantes do Nascimento died at the age of 82, a man like any other, with qualities and defects. In this case, more qualities than defects, although these prevented him from being an even more influential citizen than he was. Pelé died as a result of multiple organ failure, a result of the progression of colon cancer, according to the Albert Einstein hospital in São Paulo.
Interestingly, Edson addressed himself in the third person.
And it is said that this Thursday (29), also at the age of 82, Pelé, the best football player of all time, died, an indisputable title at least for sensible people who saw football long before and long after the athlete started and to end, between 1956 and 1977, his splendorous career of 1,283 goals, five world titles —two with Santos and three with the Brazilian national team.
Interestingly, Pelé addressed himself in the third person.
But the world —the French press first—, his whole life called him King: King Pelé. It is true that one day the English newspaper The Sunday Times went further by asking and answering: “How do you spell Pelé? With the letters GOD [God, in English]”.
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