Brazil is still in mourning, following the death of one of its greatest heroes. Former footballer Pelé died on December 29 from colon cancer. And while the Brazilian government has decreed three days of national mourning before his funeral, his family watches over the deceased. This is how this Thursday, his daughter, Kely Nascimento shared an intimate photo showing the turf star on his deathbed, at the Israelita Albert Einstein Hospital, in São Paulo.
A last photo of him, with the family
In comment, she wrote for him: “All we are is because of you. NWe love you infinitely. Rest in peace“. Kely is her eldest daughter, born from her marriage to Rosemeri dos Reis Cholbi, and she is 55 years old. She is the big sister of Jennifer, born in 1978, as well as Edinho, born in 1970, from this marriage. Then, King Pelé had twins, with Assiria Lemos Seixas, born in 1996, Joshua and Celeste. Finally, he married Marcia Cibele Aoki, in 2016. He also recognized Flavia Kurts, born of his relationship with Lenita Kurtz, in 1968. Some of these relatives have been tagged and others, not mentioned above.
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They will be at the funeral of their patriarch in a few days, the information of which his former football club gave in a press release. “The funeral wake of the greatest footballer of all time will take place at the Urbano Caldeira stadium, (in the district of) Vila Belmiro, where he amazed the world, explained in a press release the club which counted the legendary Brazilian in its ranks. from 1956 to 1974“.
Tributes are raining down
In a wheelchair for several years, Pelé suffered from his very reduced mobility. During his long career at the top, Pelé was the only player to have won three World Cups (1958, 1962 and 1970). And the tributes have been numerous since the announcement of his death, with Michel Platini who declared that Pelé “was all football”Kylian Mbappé who assured that “His legacy will never be forgotten” and finally Neymar who estimated “Pelé changed everything. He turned football into art, into entertainment“.
FA