Kelly Nascimento, daughter of the great football player Pele, confirmed the news of her father’s death, which was on the agenda earlier. knowledgeable journalist Philip Lewis.
“We love you endlessly. Rest in peace,” he wrote briefly on social media.
The famous football player has been in hospital since 29 November due to complications from bowel cancer. The media reported that the former Brazilian striker was transferred to the palliative care unit in the fight against bowel cancer, as his body no longer responds to chemotherapy. However, the footballer’s daughters, Keli and Flavia, later denied these reports, saying that the reason for their father’s hospitalization was the coronavirus.
On December 26, it was learned that Pele said goodbye to his family members and loved ones, British businessman Frank Khalid, who provides commercial and organizational services to elite athletes, announced this on a social network.
It was previously reported that dead former Juventus and Uruguay midfielder Fabian O’Neill. He was 49 years old. The Uruguayan Football Federation was the first to announce the death of the former football player.