Brazilian football legend and one of the greatest players of the beautiful game Pelé has passed away. He was 82. Hospitalised for the last three months with multiple ailments, including colon cancer, Pele, whose real name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento, breathed his last on Thursday.

Brazilian football legend Pele dies at 82

Brazil's three-time World Cup winner Pele is "depressed" and is reluctant to leave his house, his son said. Also read: Pele's last Number 10 Brazil jersey sold for 30,000 euros in Italy In an interview given by his son to a Brazilian sports website, Edinho said: "He's embarrassed, he doesn't want to go out, be seen, or do practically anything that involves leaving the house.

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