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There was a man called Edson Arantes do Nascimento who died a few days ago at the age of 82 years. That name is strange to many except football aficionados who know him as that iconic footballer called Pele.
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.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has said he is dismayed after he was criticised for taking a selfie near Pele's body as he lay in state.
John Babiak remembers living in New York in the Pelé era at New York Cosmos and its influence.
Football fans started arriving at the Vila Belmiro Stadium in the early hours of Monday to pay their last respects.