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An emotional Brazil began paying its final respects Monday to football legend Pele with a wake at the stadium where he first took the world's breath away with his dazzling skill.

In a private ceremony attended only by relatives and close friends, Brazils football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known to the world as Pelé, has laid to rest Tuesday afternoon at the Memorial Necropolis Ecumenical in Santos, the seaside city of São Paulo where he rose to stardom.

After three days of mourning, football legend finally buried in Memorial Cemetery

Thousands of mourners lined the streets as Brazilian football icon Pele was laid to rest in Santos, the city of his former club, today. Pele had been lying in state for 24 hours in the centre of the pitch at the club’s Urbano Caldeira stadium for the public to pay their respects. People crowded the streets on Tuesday as his coffin was

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will lead the tributes Tuesday as Brazil says a final farewell to football legend Pele, widely regarded as the greatest

SANTOS (BRAZIL) - The funeral procession Tuesday for Brazilian football legend Pele, who died last week at age 82, passed by the house where his 100-year-old mother, Celeste Arantes, still lives.

SANTOS, Brazil (AFP)— President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva led the tributes Tuesday as Brazil said its final farewell to football legend Pele, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time. Lula,...

SANTOS, Brazil — Brazilians bid a final farewell this week to soccer giant Pele, starting Monday with a 24-hour public wake at the stadium of his long-time team, Santos.

Santos FC said some 250,000 people had attended his 24-hour wake in the Vila Belmiro stadium, where mourners continued arriving straight through the night.

Peles coffin was then gingerly lowered onto the shoulders of National Guard soldiers who carried him into the Santos Memorial Cemetery which stands a whopping 14 stories high