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Brazilian football great Pele's coffin arrives at cemetery

Published January 3, 2023 Updated January 3, 2023 10:36pm
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SANTOS: Brazilian football legend Pele's remains arrived Tuesday at the cemetery where he will be interred in a mausoleum, after three days of national mourning, a 24-hour wake and a massive funeral procession.

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Pele's casket, draped in the Brazilian flag and that of his longtime club, Santos FC, arrived atop a red firetruck at the Santos Memorial Cemetery, near the stadium where "The King" began his rise to become what many consider the greatest footballer of all time.