Brazilian playwright Nelson Rodrigues anointed Pele "the King." Journalist Joao Luiz de Albuquerque talked about the impact of Pele's performance: "He was the light at the end of the tunnel.

Pele has a home in Santos, where he lived most of his life. He spent his last years in the city of Guarujá. The Brazilian football federation CBF took to Twitter to post a photo of “King Pele ...