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Brazilian soccer legend Pelé died on Thursday after a lengthy battle with colon cancer. He was 82.Pelé's family confirmed his death with a message on social media in both English and Portuguese.
Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈɛd(ʒi)sõ(w) aˈɾɐ̃tʃiz du nasiˈmẽtu]; 23 October 1940 – 29 December 2022), better known by his nickname Pelé (Brazilian Portuguese:), was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward.
Matera really did die a few years later on June 15, 2011. [325] Mary Mather, a paediatrician who was reported dead in December 2004 by the General Medical Council after confusion with another person of the same name. [326] Jerry Mathers: rumours that the Leave it to Beaver actor had been killed in Vietnam spread to newspapers by December 1969.
Escape to Victory (or simply Victory) is a 1981 sports war film [3] directed by John Huston and starring Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Max von Sydow and Pelé.The film is about Allied prisoners of war who are interned in a German prison camp during the Second World War who play an exhibition match of football against a German team.
Feb. 2: Carl Weathers. Weathers was a great athlete in real life and an even better one in fiction. Many movie fans might not know that the man who became Apollo Creed was originally a football ...
João Ramos do Nascimento (2 October 1917 – 16 November 1996), nicknamed Dondinho, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a centre forward.He was the father, mentor and trainer of Pelé. [1]
Diego Armando Maradona Franco (Spanish: [ˈdjeɣo maɾaˈðona]; 30 October 1960 – 25 November 2020) was an Argentine professional football player and manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he was one of the two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award, alongside Pelé.
The beautiful game (Portuguese: o jogo bonito) is a nickname for association football.It was popularised by Brazilian footballer Pelé, who played from 1957 to 1977.It was a term widely used in Brazil, though the exact origin of the phrase is disputed.