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Post by Paddy on Dec 8, 2022 6:25:20 GMT
Thread for tributes to any sports icons who have passed.
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Post by Paul on Dec 30, 2022 0:01:54 GMT
Pelé, a three-time World Cup winner and arguably the greatest player of the 20th century, has died aged 82. In November Pelé entered the Albert Einstein hospital in São Paulo for cancer treatment. Medical reports state the soccer star died at 3:27am local time due to organ failure caused by colon cancer. Pelé, football's king, who came to define Brazil Brazilians revered Pelé, the greatest football player of his generation, as O Rei, the king, and no one man came to define a country as much as he did during his lifetime of footballing brilliance. Pele is lifted above the crowd Read more The death of the only man to win the World Cup three times as a player was confirmed by his daughter Kely Nascimento on Instagram. Pelé's official Instagram account also posted about his death. Pelé, Brazilian World Cup winner and football great, dies aged 82 |
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Post by Fiona on Apr 12, 2024 9:16:44 GMT
OJ Simpson dead
World reacts with mixed emotions to the death of OJ Simpson, former footballer accused of double murderThe world has reacted with mixed emotions to the death of OJ Simpson, the former American footballer who was accused of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ron Goldman. Simpson, who was controversially acquitted of the murders in a 1995 trial that gripped public attention in the United States and overseas, died of cancer aged 76. full story here
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