Soccer: Brazilian idol Pele rests in golden tomb in luxurious mausoleum in Sao Paulo


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Death of Brazilian soccer legend Pele - Santos, Brazil - January 3, 2023 General view of the mausoleum of Brazilian football legend Pele at the Memorial Necropole Ecumenica cemetery REUTERS/Carla Carniel

(Reuters) - The memorial dedicated to Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Pele, is a luxurious mausoleum where the remains of the Brazilian idol rest in a solid gold coffin on the outskirts of Sao Paulo.

The tomb where "O Rei" was buried after his death at 83 from advanced colon cancer is on the first floor of the Memorial Necropole Ecumenica vertical cemetery, considered the highest in the world, located less than a kilometre from the Vila Belmiro stadium of his beloved club Santos.

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