Pele funeral

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A funeral ceremony for Pele, who won three World Cups with Brazil and is regarded as one of the world's finest ever footballers, is currently taking place ...

His dad is in the same vault.— Andy Lines (@andylines) It might seem strange to western eyes, but the fire engine is a tradition in Brazil. It started raining just as the fire engine arrived and now the stream of his procession has drawn to a close. Tributes have flooded in from the footballing community and beyond for a man widely considered to be one of the best - if not the best - to ever play the game. Pele's casket has arrived at the cemetery and has been carried inside. And it looks like there are many, many more on the streets. A number of footballers past and present have shared tributes on social media, while a funeral reception and parade through Sao Paulo will allow many to pay their respects in person. Pele's coffin, draped in a Brazil flag, is on the top of a firetruck in the middle of the convoy. Pele's coffin has been draped in a Brazil flag and is being transported on the top of a firetruck, to allow fans to pay their respects along the streets. Here is a flavour of the scenes in Sao Paulo. The world’s tallest vertical cemetery waiting for arrival of Pele coffin. The whole of Santos has stopped to celebrate the life of Pele.

“Pele is incomparable, as a soccer player and as a human being,” Lula said Tuesday, per Reuters. FIFA president Gianni Infantino also traveled to Brazil to pay ...

For more than 60 years, the name Pelé has been synonymous with football. Future generations must know and remember who Pelé was.” Pelé’s sister, Lucia, was seen tearfully waving from a balcony at crowds who had gathered outside her mother’s house. [Lula da Silva ](https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/01/americas/brazil-lula-da-silva-inauguration-intl/index.html)arrived at the wake on Tuesday morning with police security “very much” reinforced to accommodate the President’s presence, Santos told CNN. [Pelé](http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/10/world/pele-fast-facts/index.html) was laid to rest on Tuesday after thousands lined the streets in the city of Santos to view his funeral procession. The doors to the stadium closed with thousands of mourners still in line and people were turned away, according to CNN teams on the ground.

Thousands of people have queued to pay their final respects to Brazilian football legend, Pele at the home of his former club, Santos.

As the night set in, the queue still snaked around neighbouring streets and the festival mood showed no signs of stopping. We saw his loved ones still grieving next to his casket, flanked by the Brazilian honour guard. I love football and I had to come here and share the sense of pride with everyone." A Catholic mass will be celebrated in Santos this morning before his burial at a nearby cemetery. I have grown up with football. Many had waited for hours overnight and come from all over the world, to file past the open casket of the footballing icon who was brought to his spiritual home of Santos for one final time.

The footballing legend was laid to rest after a huge procession through the streets of Santos.

"Pele united all of us," said Deofilo de Freitas, waiting in the queue. He was the first one in the line on Monday but wanted another chance to see his idol before he was laid to rest. "He's the best player of all time over several decades." The same could not be said of the country's new president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who only this week took office for a third term. "My father was a Pele fanatic," said Sandra Garcia, who was with 11-year-old Enzo. "Of course, nobody can."

Coffin of Brazilian footballer, who died aged 82, taken to cemetery near stadium where he began career.

“We will all continue to carry a little piece of Pelé within us,” said Claudia Diegues, 47, a dental surgeon from Santos. After the wake ended at 10am on Tuesday, Pelé’s body was placed on a red fire engine by police guards and driven south towards the seafront. “I’ve been here all night,” said Denis de Almeida Silva, a 43-year-old clothing store owner from São Paulo, as he emerged from the vigil. “He means so much to us as Brazilians. “He never let himself become carried away with his brilliance or with the glory. “I’m filled with so much sadness, it wasn’t his time to go,” said Lisete Santos, a 69-year-old administrative worker who had passed by the casket twice.

Brazilians flooded the streets to say a final farewell to late football legend Pele, widely considered the greatest player in history. After three days of ...

Pele’s son Edinho said the family was grateful for the flood of such gestures. “In the case of the selfie, Pelé’s teammates asked to do a selfie of all of us together but they didn’t know how to do it. Saying the final goodbye is going to leave a giant hole.” In the latest in an outpouring of tributes, Rio de Janeiro’s mayor said the city would rename the street outside the iconic Maracana stadium Pele Avenue. But Pele’s sister, Maria Lucia, who lives with her, appeared on the beige house’s balcony surrounded by family. And obviously I immediately agreed.