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Pelé, the Brazilian soccer legend who won three World Cups and became the sport’s first global icon, has died at the age of 82.
Brazilian legend Pelé, who died Thursday, revolutionized the way soccer is played and its popularity. But that did not make him a revolutionary figure.
By the end of his 21-year professional career, Pelé had become an international icon, perhaps sport’s first truly global superstar.
From dating much younger women to fathering love children — sometimes while married — the late soccer legend Pelé was all about “love, love, love.” ...
Pelé added a third layer: his nickname, his trademark, became a synonym not for greatness or even for excellence but for an unimpeachable, scarcely attainable form of perfection.
Brazilian soccer legend Pelé, who won a record three World Cup titles and helped popularize the sport in the United States in the 1970s, dies at 82.
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Pelé, who was declared a national treasure in his native Brazil, achieved worldwide celebrity and helped popularize the sport in the United States.
Pelé spent many of his years after retirement serving as an ambassador for the game he loved, his worldwide fame continuing long after he had played his last game.
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