SAO PAULO/SANTOS, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazil on Friday mourned the death of one of its brightest stars, soccer legend Pele, who died at the age of 82 after battling colon cancer for just over a year.
Outside Sao Paulo's Albert Einstein hospital, where Pele had been undergoing treatment, fans gathered to mourn the loss of one of the greatest ever exponents of the beautiful game, displaying Pele memorabilia on a clothesline by the entrance.
Pele's death has unified Brazil, a country starkly divided by a bruising presidential election. Outgoing far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, who leaves office on Sunday, declared three days of mourning. Edson Arantes do Nascimento - Pele's given name - died on Thursday at 3:27 p.m. local time "due to multiple organ failures resulting from the progression of colon cancer associated with his previous medical condition," the hospital said in a statement.
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