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who remembered him playing want to show the importance of pele, notjust for football but for brazil and brazilian culture, too. i spoke to one person who said that it is not pele who has died, it is edson, which was his real name, pele will endure. another one said that we don t have a monarchy but pele was our king. and i think thatjust shows how important pele was and still is for so many brazilians. now, after 2a hours of a wake, the coffin will then be paraded through the city of santos, followed by a family burial later on tuesday. kevin baxter is a sports writer for the la times and interviewed pele on two occasions. hejoins me now. you have met pele, what made him as a footballer such a great man? him as a footballer such a great man? him as a footballer such a ureat man? ., , ., great man? he transformed the name great man? he transformed the game there great man? he transformed the game there have great man? he transformed the game there have been - great man? he transfor
but for brazil and brazilian culture, too. i spoke to one person who said that it is not pele who has died, it is edson, which was his real name, pele will endure. another one said that we don t have a monarchy but pele was our king. and i think thatjust shows how important pele was and still is for so many brazilians. now, after 24 hours of a wake, the coffin will then be paraded through the city of santos, followed by a family burial later on tuesday. earlier, i spoke to kevin baxter, from the la times, who interviewed pele twice. i began by asking him what made pele such a special footballer. he transformed the game there have been global superstars afterward but no one has had the effect on transforming the game he did, we talked about the beautiful game, pele invented the beautiful game.
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