Live: Pele’s funeral procession

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Thousands of individuals have gone to say their final goodbye to the Brazilian starEFE

Follow stay on NIUS the funeral procession with Pelé’s mortal stays to the cemetery the place he shall be buried

Pelé’s funeral chapel has been open to the general public for simply over 24 hours. Thousands of individuals have handed by the Vila Belmiro stadium to say their final goodbye to the Brazilian star who died final Thursday from colon most cancers that he had suffered for a yr.

This morning the physique of the three-time world champion shall be led in a funeral procession by his neighborhood the place Pelé’s centennial mom nonetheless lives, to the tower of the Ecumênica Necropole Memorial cemetery. There, the previous soccer participant shall be buried in his household’s area of interest, as he wished.

Follow stay on NIUS the journey of the coffin by the streets of the Brazilian metropolis of Santos till its arrival on the cemetery the place it will likely be buried.