Santos: World football legend Pele is no more. The world of football has hailed the universal star who has won the hearts of people all over the world with football.
Pele’s body was taken to Santos Memorial Cemetery on Tuesday afternoon. The last rites were attended by family members and dignitaries. The corpse was carried as a mourning procession. As the motorcade passed the family’s home, the vehicle stopped for a while in front of the home. Pele’s mother lives here. They are bedridden due to age-related ailments.
Pelé’s body was brought to Santos from São Paulo on Monday morning. Santos, where the star played for 18 years into his football career, was given the opportunity for a public viewing at the club’s ground. Thousands of people attended the 24-hour public darshan. Tens of thousands of people gasped when they saw Pele’s body in a coffin draped with the flags of Brazil and Santos FC.
Santos finally greeted him. Pelé, the greatest Brazilian player of all time and the only three-time winner of the World Cup, has faded into memory. The body was escorted by the thousands to the memorial cemetery, which is only 600 meters from the Vila Belmiro stadium. Representatives of the people of Brazil also accompanied the funeral procession.
