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Pele, Brazil's sublimely skilled soccer star who charmed the world, dead at 82

By Andrew Downie

Friday, 30 Dec 2022 | 3:12 AM MYT

FILE PHOTO: Brazilian soccer legend and member of the 1958, 1962 and 1970 World Cup-winning Brazilian soccer teams Pele holds the World Cup trophy during the World Cup 2006 opening ceremony in Munich, Germany, June 9, 2006. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez/File Photo

(Reuters) - Pele, the magical Brazilian soccer star who rose from barefoot poverty to become one of the greatest and best-known athletes in modern history, died at the age of 82, his daughter said on Instagram on Thursday.

He had been in and out of hospital in recent months after a tumor was found on his colon.

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