Brazilian football legend, Pele on Thursday evening died at the age of 82 after battling colon cancer for the last year.
Pele passed on after being in the hospital for nearly a month.
He was part of the Brazilian national teams that won three World Cup championships (1958, 1962, and 1970).
Pelé made his international debut in 1957 at age 16 and the following year played his first game in the World Cup finals in Sweden.
