Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva paid his last respects Tuesday to football legend Pele, attending his wake in the southeastern city of Santos, where the icon first dazzled the world with his talent.
Lula, who took office Sunday in a ceremony that began with a minute’s silence for Pele, paused before the coffin of the man widely considered the greatest footballer of all time and embraced his widow and other family members inside Santos’s Vila Belmiro stadium.(AFP)
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) greets the wife of Brazilian football legend Pele, Marcia Aoki (R), during his wake at the Urbano Caldeira stadium in Santos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil on January 3, 2023. – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva paid his last respects Tuesday to football legend Pele, attending his wake in the southeastern city of Santos, where the icon first dazzled the world with his talent. (Photo by NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP)Former Santos player Manoel Maria (L) hugs the son of Brazilian football star Pele, Edinho (R), during Pele’s wake at the Urbano Caldeira stadium in Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil on January 2, 2023. – Brazilians bid a final farewell this week to football giant Pele, starting Monday with a 24-hour public wake at the stadium of his long-time team, Santos. (Photo by NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP)The wife of late Brazilian football legend Pele, Marcia Aoki (R), places a rosary on his coffin during his wake at the Urbano Caldeira stadium in Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil on January 2, 2023. – Brazilians bid a final farewell this week to football giant Pele, starting Monday with a 24-hour public wake at the stadium of his long-time team, Santos. (Photo by NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP)EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / A flag of Brazil and a flag of Santos are seen on top of the coffin of Brazilian football legend Pele during his wake at the Urbano Caldeira stadium in Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil, on January 2, 2023. – Brazilians bid a final farewell this week to football giant Pele, starting Monday with a 24-hour public wake at the stadium of his long-time team, Santos. (Photo by NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP)A fan of late Brazilian football legend Pele gestures while attending his wake at the Urbano Caldeira stadium in Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil on January 2, 2023. – Brazilians bid a final farewell this week to football giant Pele, starting Monday with a 24-hour public wake at the stadium of his long-time team, Santos. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP)The coffin of the late Brazilian football star Pele is transported outside the Urbano Caldeira stadium to a firetruck in order to begin a funeral procession to the Santos’ Memorial Cemetery in Santos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil on January 3, 2023. – The funeral procession through Santos will go past the house of Pele’s mother, 100-year-old Celeste Arantes, who is still alive. It will end at Santos’s Memorial Cemetery, where a Catholic funeral service will be held before Pele is interred in a special mausoleum. (Photo by CAIO GUATELLI / AFP)The wife of late Brazilian football legend Pele, Marcia Aoki, cries during his wake at the Urbano Caldeira stadium in Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil on January 3, 2023. – Brazilians bid a final farewell this week to football giant Pele, starting Monday with a 24-hour public wake at the stadium of his long-time team, Santos. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP)
