The outgoing Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro, declared three days of official mourning for the death of soccer player Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Pele), in a decree published in the Official Gazette.
Bolsonaro explained, “The official mourning was declared throughout the country in a gesture of honor following the death of Pele following suffering from cancer at the age of 82,” noting that “Pele carried the name of Brazil in the whole world. He turned football into art and joy.” “.
Pele, the legend of world football, died yesterday, Thursday, at the age of 82, in Sao Paulo, according to what his family and the hospital announced, where he had been hospitalized for nearly a month for treatment of colon cancer.
According to the medical report, Albert Einstein Hospital confirmed the death of Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Pele, on December 29, 2022, at 15:27 minutes, due to the failure of multiple organs as a result of the development of cancer.
