Legendary Brazilian soccer player Pele, who died at the age of 82, was buried on Tuesday at the Memorial Necropole Ecumenica vertical cemetery in Santos.

Pele’s coffin, transported by a fire truckPhoto: DESI / BACKGRID / Backgrid USA / Profimedia

Pele’s coffin being carried in a fire truck

After a 24-hour vigil at the Vila Belmiro stadium, where more than 230,000 people paid their last respects, the coffin with Pele’s lifeless body began a procession through the streets of Santos, writes News.ro.

The coffin, which was carried by soldiers, was taken away by a fire truck, thousands of people were on the way.

The funeral procession also passed the home of Pele’s mother, Celeste, who is 100 years old and does not know her son has died, the family choosing not to tell her because of her poor health.

On the balcony of the house was Pele’s sister, 78-year-old Maria Lucia, who thanked the fans for their kind thoughts.

The city of Santos was “paralyzed” on Tuesday, with shops closed as everyone was on the streets waiting for the funeral procession to pass.

Pele, buried in the highest vertical cemetery in the world

After a nearly three-hour procession, the funeral cortege arrived at the Necropole Ecumenica memorial cemetery in Santos (the tallest in the world, with 14 floors).

Due to the logistics of the visits, Pele was buried on the 1st floor of the cemetery instead of the 9th (next to his brother and father).

Upon arrival at the cemetery, before the coffin was lowered from the fire engine, a funeral march, one of the FC Santos anthems and the religious song Segura na Mão de Deus was played.

King Pele – Edson Arantes before Nascimento – has undoubtedly left his mark on world football in a career spanning more than two decades and 82 years of existence. He was a superstar, a genius who reinvented football forever. He was considered the greatest football player of all time.

The legendary Brazilian was married three times: to Rosemary dos Reis Chobi between 1966 and 1982, they have two daughters and a son (Kelly Christina, Jennifer, Edson), to Assyria Lemos Seixas between 1994 and 2008 (two children – Joshua, Celeste). ) and with Marcia Aoki since July 2016. The former football player also had children from other relationships, international media reported.

He died on December 29 at the age of 82 after a month at the Albert Einstein Hospital in São Paulo.

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