The legendary Brazilian football player Pele died on December 29 at the age of 82, but his mother is alive. Celeste Arantes turned 100 years old, which she celebrated on November 20.

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But the relatives decided not to tell him about what happened. The opening was made by Pele’s sister Maria Lucia to Nasciment. Interestingly, Pele’s mother’s house is right on the road that the funeral cortege will take to Pele’s funeral.

The former striker will be buried in the world’s tallest vertical cemetery, the Memorial Necropole Ecumenica, which has 14 floors, a waterfall and a museum.

Pele’s mother now lives in Santos. “We talk, but she doesn’t know the situation, she’s in her own world. She opens her eyes when I call her name and say, ‘We’re going to pray for him,’ but she doesn’t really realize what I’m saying to her “, Maria Lucia said to Nasciment.

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