Editing Pelé (section)

== Death and funeral ==
{{Wikinews|"National treasure": Former Brazilian footballer Pelé dies at age 82}}
In 2021, Pelé was diagnosed with [[colon cancer]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morte de Pelé: entenda a falência múltipla de órgãos, provocada pelo câncer de cólon |url=https://oglobo.globo.com/saude/medicina/noticia/2022/12/pele-entenda-o-cancer-de-colon-que-causou-a-morte-do-rei.ghtml |access-date=14 January 2023 |website=O Globo |date=29 December 2022 |language=pt|archive-date=13 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113153026/https://oglobo.globo.com/saude/medicina/noticia/2022/12/pele-entenda-o-cancer-de-colon-que-causou-a-morte-do-rei.ghtml |url-status=live }}</ref> He underwent surgery the same month, and afterwards was treated with several rounds of [[chemotherapy]]. In early 2022, [[metastasis]] were detected in the intestine, lung and liver. On 29 November, he was admitted to the [[Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital]] in São Paulo due to a respiratory infection after he contracted [[COVID-19]] and for reassessment of the treatment of his colon cancer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morre o Rei Pelé aos 82 anos |url=https://ge.globo.com/pele/noticia/2022/12/29/morre-o-rei-pele-aos-82-anos.ghtml |access-date=14 January 2023 |website=ge |date=29 December 2022 |language=pt-br |archive-date=5 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105152326/https://ge.globo.com/pele/noticia/2022/12/29/morre-o-rei-pele-aos-82-anos.ghtml |url-status=live }}</ref> On 3 December 2022, it was reported that Pelé had become unresponsive to chemotherapy and that it was replaced with [[palliative care]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 December 2022 |title=Pelé não responde mais à quimioterapia e está em cuidados paliativos |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/esporte/2022/12/pele-nao-responde-mais-a-quimioterapia-e-esta-em-cuidados-paliativos.shtml |access-date=14 January 2023 |website=Folha de S.Paulo |language=pt|archive-date=22 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122090306/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/esporte/2022/12/pele-nao-responde-mais-a-quimioterapia-e-esta-em-cuidados-paliativos.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 21 December 2022, the Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital, where Pelé was being treated, stated that his tumour had advanced and he required "greater care related to renal and cardiac dysfunctions".<ref>{{Cite news |title=Pele's cancer has advanced, says hospital |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64059854 |access-date=21 December 2022 |archive-date=2 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102104324/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64059854 |url-status=live }}</ref> Therefore, he was not allowed to spend Christmas at home, as his family had wanted. Pelé died on 29 December 2022, at 3:27&nbsp;pm, at the age of 82, due to [[multiple organ failure]], a complication of colon cancer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brazilian football legend Pele dies at age 82 |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/29/brazilian-football-legend-pele-dies-aged-82 |access-date=30 December 2022 |publisher=Al Jazeera |archive-date=8 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608153545/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/29/brazilian-football-legend-pele-dies-aged-82 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://news.sky.com/story/brazilian-football-star-pele-has-died-at-the-age-of-82-12775924|title = Brazilian football icon Pele has died at the age of 82|website= [[Sky News]]|publisher=Sky Group|date = 29 December 2022|access-date= 29 December 2022|archive-date = 30 December 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221230064131/https://news.sky.com/story/brazilian-football-star-pele-has-died-at-the-age-of-82-12775924|url-status = live}}</ref> Pelé's [[death certificate]] stated that he had died of [[kidney failure]], [[heart failure]], [[bronchopneumonia]] and [[colon adenocarcinoma]]. His 100-year-old mother, Celeste, survived him, though she had been in a [[vegetative state]] since 2019, and was thus unaware of his death; she would later die in June 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pelé's mother Celeste Arantes dies at age 101 in Brazil|website=[[AP News]] |date=21 June 2024 |url=https://apnews.com/article/pele-mother-dies-brazil-d6fe4c793eb7771103eee1efdc427a19|access-date=21 June 2024}}</ref> Pelé's sister Maria Lucia do Nascimento described their mother as "in her own little world".<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 January 2023 |title=Doña Celeste, madre de Pelé, tiene 100 años y no es consciente del fallecimiento de su hijo |language=es |work=[[El Deber]] |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]] |publication-place=Santa Cruz de la Sierra |url=https://eldeber.com.bo/futbol/dona-celeste-madre-de-pele-tiene-100-anos-y-no-es-consciente-del-fallecimiento-de-su-hijo_309690 |url-access=registration |access-date=3 January 2023 |archive-date=3 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103120548/https://eldeber.com.bo/futbol/dona-celeste-madre-de-pele-tiene-100-anos-y-no-es-consciente-del-fallecimiento-de-su-hijo_309690 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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Tributes were paid by current players, including [[Neymar]], [[Cristiano Ronaldo]], [[Kylian Mbappé]] and [[Lionel Messi]], along with other major sporting figures, celebrities, and world leaders.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pele: Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Cristiano Ronaldo among those paying tribute |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64122039 |access-date=29 December 2022 |website=[[BBC Sport]]|publisher=BBC|archive-date=7 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107232835/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64122039 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Pele dies - live updates: Pele's final message to the world as tributes pour in from sporting royalty |url= https://news.sky.com/story/pele-dies-live-updates-peles-final-message-to-the-world-as-tributes-pour-in-from-sporting-royalty-12762638 |access-date= 30 December 2022|website=[[Sky News]]|publisher=Sky Group|archive-date= 26 January 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230126234926/https://news.sky.com/story/pele-dies-live-updates-peles-final-message-to-the-world-as-tributes-pour-in-from-sporting-royalty-12762638 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Jamie |date=30 December 2022 |title=Will Smith leads celebrity tributes as world mourns Pele after icon's death |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/smith-leads-celebrity-tributes-world-28839325 |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=Daily Mirror|archive-date=30 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230020819/https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/smith-leads-celebrity-tributes-world-28839325 |url-status=live }}</ref> The outgoing Brazilian president, [[Jair Bolsonaro]], declared a three-day period of national mourning.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=30 December 2022 |title=Brazil starts three days of mourning as country lights up in memory of Pelé |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2022-12-30/brazil-starts-three-days-of-mourning-as-country-lights-up-in-memory-of-pel |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=ITV News|publisher=ITV|archive-date=23 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323105304/https://www.itv.com/news/2022-12-30/brazil-starts-three-days-of-mourning-as-country-lights-up-in-memory-of-pel |url-status=live }}</ref> The national flags of the 211 member associations of FIFA were flown at half-mast at FIFA headquarters in Zürich.<ref>{{cite news |title=FIFA's flags at half mast to honour Pele |url=https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/fifas-flags-at-half-mast-to-honour-pele-idOV953830122022RP1 |access-date=30 December 2022 |work=Reuters |archive-date=31 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231001726/https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/fifas-flags-at-half-mast-to-honour-pele-idOV953830122022RP1 |url-status=live }}</ref> Landmarks and stadiums lit up in honour of Pelé included the [[Christ the Redeemer (statue)|Christ the Redeemer]] statue and [[Maracanã Stadium]] in Rio de Janeiro,<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Watson |first1=Katy |last2=Chatterjee |first2=Phelan |date=30 December 2022 |title='Thank you, King': Brazil lights up in honour of Pelé |work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-64125254 |access-date=30 December 2022 |archive-date=30 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230125126/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-64125254 |url-status=live }}</ref> the headquarters of [[CONMEBOL]] in Paraguay<ref name=":4" /> and [[Wembley Stadium]] in London.<ref>{{cite web|date=29 December 2022|title=Wembley arch lit up in Brazil colours in tribute to Pele|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/pele-wembley-arch-brazil-colours-b2253200.html|access-date=30 December 2022|website=The Independent|archive-date=30 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230125943/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/pele-wembley-arch-brazil-colours-b2253200.html|url-status=live}}</ref> There was applause and a minute's silence at matches in honour of Pelé.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 December 2022 |title=European leagues to honour Pele with pre-match tributes |url=https://www.rfi.fr/en/sports/20221230-european-leagues-to-honour-pele-with-pre-match-tributes |access-date=1 January 2022 |publisher=Radio France Internationale |archive-date=30 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230170137/https://www.rfi.fr/en/sports/20221230-european-leagues-to-honour-pele-with-pre-match-tributes |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1 January 2023 |title=FIFA asks for minute of silence at football games to honour Pele |url=https://www.qatar-tribune.com/article/41901/sports/fifa-asks-for-minute-of-silence-at-football-games-to-honour-pele |access-date=1 January 2023 |website=Qatar Tribune |archive-date=1 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101202959/https://www.qatar-tribune.com/article/41901/sports/fifa-asks-for-minute-of-silence-at-football-games-to-honour-pele |url-status=live }}</ref>

Pelé's funeral, which involved his body being publicly displayed in an open coffin which was draped with the flags of Brazil and Santos FC, began at [[Estádio Urbano Caldeira|Vila Belmiro]] stadium in [[Santos, Brazil|Santos]] on 2 January 2023.<ref name=funeralfirst /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jan/02/thousands-mourners-file-past-pele-coffin-santos-brazil|title='I had to say goodbye': thousands pay their respects to Pelé in Brazil|first=Andrew|last=Downie|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2 January 2022|accessdate=2 January 2022|archive-date=2 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102182631/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jan/02/thousands-mourners-file-past-pele-coffin-santos-brazil|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.sky.com/video/pele-death-visitors-flock-to-see-stars-open-coffin-in-brazil-football-stadium-12778466|title=Pele death: Visitors flock to see star's open coffin in Brazil football stadium|website=Sky News|publisher=Sky Group|date=2 January 2022|accessdate=2 January 2022|archive-date=2 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102162224/https://news.sky.com/video/pele-death-visitors-flock-to-see-stars-open-coffin-in-brazil-football-stadium-12778466|url-status=live}}</ref> Thousands of fans flooded the streets to attend the first day of the funeral service,<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://people.com/sports/fans-mourn-pele-at-public-wake-in-brazil/|title=Thousands of Fans Line Up to Pay Their Respects to Pelé at Public Wake in Brazil|first=Daniela|last=Avila|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=2 January 2022|access-date=2 January 2022|archive-date=2 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102201716/https://people.com/sports/fans-mourn-pele-at-public-wake-in-brazil/|url-status=live}}</ref> with some in attendance claiming that they had to wait three hours in line.<ref name=funeralfirst>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/pele-soccer-great-funeral-5c6c738f8778fc04e815fe117b4b36b4|title=Brazilians mourn Pelé at the stadium where he got his start|first=Maurico|last=Savarese|work=Associated Press|date=2 January 2022|accessdate=2 January 2022|archive-date=2 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102133230/https://apnews.com/article/pele-soccer-great-funeral-5c6c738f8778fc04e815fe117b4b36b4|url-status=live}}</ref> The public wake would continue to 3 January,<ref name="WaPoObit">{{cite news |title='Pelé is eternal!': Tributes pour in from soccer stars, world leaders |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/12/29/pele-death-tributes-neymar-ronaldo/ |access-date=30 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=29 December 2022 |title=Pele's funeral and burial to take place in hometown Santos |url=https://apnews.com/article/sports-soccer-fifa-world-cup-pele-funerals-and-memorial-services-71893b650d2f227e954c1feee7e048ba |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=Associated Press|archive-date=14 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314145605/https://apnews.com/article/sports-soccer-fifa-world-cup-pele-funerals-and-memorial-services-71893b650d2f227e954c1feee7e048ba |url-status=live }}</ref> and saw more than 230,000 people in attendance.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/03/brazil-president-lula-joins-mourners-paying-tribute-to-pele-before-funeral|title=Brazil president joins mourners paying tribute to Pelé before funeral|first1=Tom|last1=Philips|first2=Ana|last2=Ionova|newspaper=The Guardian|date=3 January 2022|accessdate=3 January 2022|archive-date=3 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103131104/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/03/brazil-president-lula-joins-mourners-paying-tribute-to-pele-before-funeral|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/03/football/pele-wake-tuesday-santos-lula-spt-intl/index.html|title=Funeral procession for Pelé begins after thousands, including Brazil's president Lula da Silva, visited 24-hour wake|first1=Ben|last1=Church|first2=Camilo|last2=Rocha|publisher=CNN|date=3 January 2022|access-date=3 January 2022|archive-date=3 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103143758/https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/03/football/pele-wake-tuesday-santos-lula-spt-intl/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Many in attendance were wearing the yellow and green No. 10 Brazilian jerseys and the black and white Santos football club jersey, which Pelé wore during his career.<ref name="inattendance">{{Cite magazine|last=Avila |first=Daniela |date=2 January 2022 |title=Thousands of Fans Line Up to Pay Their Respects to Pelé at Public Wake in Brazil|magazine=People|url=https://people.com/sports/fans-mourn-pele-at-public-wake-in-brazil/ |url-status=live |access-date=2 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102201716/https://people.com/sports/fans-mourn-pele-at-public-wake-in-brazil/ |archive-date=2 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="pelewake">{{cite news |last1=Church |first1=Ben |last2=Rocha |first2=Camilo |date=3 January 2022 |title=Funeral procession for Pelé begins after thousands, including Brazil's president Lula da Silva, visited 24-hour wake |publisher=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/03/football/pele-wake-tuesday-santos-lula-spt-intl/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=3 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103143758/https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/03/football/pele-wake-tuesday-santos-lula-spt-intl/index.html |archive-date=3 January 2023}}</ref> Brazil television channels suspended normal broadcasting to cover the funeral procession.<ref name="wakeattendance">{{cite news |last1=Philips |first1=Tom |last2=Ionova |first2=Ana |date=3 January 2022 |title=Brazil president joins mourners paying tribute to Pelé before funeral|newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/03/brazil-president-lula-joins-mourners-paying-tribute-to-pele-before-funeral |url-status=live |access-date=3 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103131104/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/03/brazil-president-lula-joins-mourners-paying-tribute-to-pele-before-funeral |archive-date=3 January 2023}}</ref> Pelé's wife Marcia Aoki, his son Edinho, FIFA president Gianni Infantino, CONMEBOL president [[Alejandro Domínguez (football executive)|Alejandro Domínguez]] and president of the [[Brazilian Football Confederation]] [[Ednaldo Rodrigues]] were among those in attendance.<ref>{{cite news |date=2 January 2022 |title=Brazil bids goodbye to 'King' Pele |publisher=[[Prothom Alo]] |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/sports/football/fa1eb03qno |url-status=live |access-date=2 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102204823/https://en.prothomalo.com/sports/football/fa1eb03qno |archive-date=2 January 2023}}</ref> It would continue on 3 January 2023. Newly sworn in Brazilian president [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]] was also among those who attended the wake.<ref name="wakeattendance" /><ref name="pelewake" /> After the funeral procession, Pelé was buried at the [[Memorial Necrópole Ecumênica]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/03/private-burial-of-pele-in-santos-after-eight-mile-funeral-procession|title=Private burial of Pelé in Santos after eight-mile funeral procession|first1=Tom|last1=Philips|first2=Ana|last2=Ionova|work=The Guardian|date=3 January 2022|accessdate=3 January 2022|archive-date=3 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103190257/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/03/private-burial-of-pele-in-santos-after-eight-mile-funeral-procession|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Camilo|last1=Rocha|first2=George|last2=Ramsay|first3=Tara|last3=John|first4=Flora|last4=Charner|first5=Rodrigo|last5=Pedroso|date=29 December 2022 |title=Brazilian soccer legend Pelé dies at 82 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/29/football/brazil-pele-soccer-died-intl-latam-spt/index.html |publisher=CNN |access-date=30 December 2022 |archive-date=29 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229230640/https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/29/football/brazil-pele-soccer-died-intl-latam-spt/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Philips |first1=Tom |last2=Ionova |first2=Ana |date=3 January 2022 |title=Private burial of Pelé in Santos after eight-mile funeral procession |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/03/private-burial-of-pele-in-santos-after-eight-mile-funeral-procession |url-status=live |access-date=3 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103190257/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/03/private-burial-of-pele-in-santos-after-eight-mile-funeral-procession |archive-date=3 January 2023}}</ref>

[[Kigali Pelé Stadium]] in Rwanda was renamed for him in March 2023 by Rwandan president [[Paul Kagame]] and FIFA president Gianni Infantino as part of the [[73rd FIFA Congress]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Nsabimana |first=Eddie |date=16 March 2023 |title=Kagame honours Pele as Rwanda stadium is named after late icon |url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/5798/sports/football/kagame-honours-pele-as-rwanda-stadium-is-named-after-late-icon |newspaper=[[The New Times (Rwanda)|The New Times]] |access-date=16 March 2023 |archive-date=27 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327210713/https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/5798/sports/football/kagame-honours-pele-as-rwanda-stadium-is-named-after-late-icon |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |date=15 March 2023 |title=Kigali Pelé Stadium inaugurated in Rwanda |url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/president/news/kigali-pele-stadium-inaugurated-in-rwanda |publisher=FIFA |access-date=16 March 2023 |archive-date=27 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327205831/https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/president/news/kigali-pele-stadium-inaugurated-in-rwanda |url-status=live }}</ref> On 26 April 2023, the nickname {{lang|pt|pelé}} became synonymous with "exceptional, incomparable, unique" in ''[[Michaelis (dictionary)|Michaelis]]'' Portuguese-language dictionary after a campaign with 125,000 signatories.<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 April 2023 |title=Football great Pelé enters dictionary as synonym for "unique"|newspaper=BBC News|publisher=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-65410049 |access-date=27 April 2023 |archive-date=7 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707233458/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-65410049 |url-status=live }}</ref>