Soccer star Pele, Brazilian legend of the beautiful game, dies at 82 By Reuters

Soccer star Pele, Brazilian legend of the beautiful game, dies at 82 By Reuters

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Pele, the legendary Brazilian soccer player who rose from barefoot poverty to become one of the greatest and best-known athletes in modern history, died on Thursday at the age of 82. Sao Paulo's Albert Einstein hospital, where Pele was undergoing treatment, said he died at 3:27 p.m. "due to…

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