very much for your recollections. - tributes are pouring in for pele, including from football stars on instagram. argentina s world cup winnning captain lionel messi posted this photo with the caption rest in peace, pele. brazil s neymar said pele changed everything. he transformed football into art, into entertainment. he gave voice to the poor, to black people, and most importantly. he gave visibility to brazil. football and brazil elevated their status thanks to the king! christino ronaldo also posted a photo, part of his caption reads a mere goodbye to the eternal king pele will never be enough to express the pain that the entire football world is currently feeling. rest in peace king pele. on twitter football stars including the brazilian attacking midfielder rivaldo tweeted: i am grateful to god that @pele is brazilian. 0ur football is known and respected worldwide for everything he has done on the field, and will never be forgotten. king pele, your legacy is eternal. fr
cup year, the only man who has won the world cup three times for brazil. this is a huge blow tonight for the football fraternity, a night of course of celebration of an incredible career. of course of celebration of an incredible career. thank you holly from salford incredible career. thank you holly from salford for incredible career. thank you holly from salford for this incredible career. thank you holly from salford for this latest - from salford for this latest thoughts. just worth going through some of the social media reaction and tweets and instagram process of last while. we have heard from pele s daughter who said, we love you infinitely, re5t pele s daughter who said, we love you infinitely, rest in peace. we heard from nemar saying pele give a voice to the poor and give visibility to brazil. france s captain talking about his legacy, will never be forgotten. let me just take it to sao paulo showing you the pictures there from hospital in the
it s a little bit like maybe losing winston churchill, lord nelson, paul mccartney, lewis hamilton and bobby charlton all in one. so even though it hasn t come as a surprise, it s still a shock. even in a country where the population, so much of the population is extremely young. how much of an inspiration did he remain on and off the field? i mean, in terms of inspiring people to play football, but also knowing who he was as that sort of national hero? yeah, he s. what do you think of when you think of brazil? you might think of the amazon rainforest. you may think of of samba and carnival. you will certainly think of football. and that s because of pele. this is a nine. remember, pele is born 52 years after brazil abolished slavery and he becomes the undisputed global king of the game. that s an extraordinary story. it s an unbelievable story. and it s one that should never be taken lightly.
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death. multiple organ failure is how they describe as a result of colon cancer. we have seen in recent days family gathering there at the hospital to be with their father, hi5 hospital to be with their father, his son and daughter, they have posted picture in the last few days as this moment approached. and they talked about the love for the man, the player and what he actually meant to brazil. i said a moment or two ago that we will take a break. we have decided not to. staying with this news. so let s continue and head back to our sports presenter holly hamilton who has more for us. has been incredible to hear some of the tributes this evening to pele. one of the greatest of all time for many the greatest. you do feel that even after today that argument will