- Title: WRAP: Brazilians pay tribute to Pele with 24-hour wake
- Date: 2nd January 2023
- Summary: SANTOS, BRAZIL (JANUARY 2, 2023) (REUTERS) (MUTE) TIMELAPSE OF LONG QUEUES INSIDE THE STADIUM TO SEE PELE'S CASKET VARIOUS OF FAMILY MEMBERS STANDING AROUND THE CASKET FANS FILING PAST IN FRONT OF PELE CASKET AND TAKING PHOTOS FANS FILING PAST PERSON CRYING PEOPLE PLACING SANTOS SOCCER CLUB FLAG ON THE CASKET AND APPLAUDING PERSON PLACING BRAZILIAN FLAG ON CASKET (MUTE) DRONE SHOT OF PEOPLE ENTERING STADIUM AND ON BANNER READING (Portuguese) "LONG LIVE THE KING. PELE 82 YEARS" (MUTE) DRONE FOOTAGE OF FANS FILING PAST (MUTE) FANS ENTERING STADIUM FANS HOLDING BANNERS READING (Portuguese) "JUST PELE THOUSAND GOALS" VARIOUS OF PELE'S BODY IN CASKET AND RELATIVES DURING THE WAKE FANS FILING PAST (MUTE) DRONE SHOT OF PEOPLE ENTERING THE STADIUM (MUTE) DRONE SHOT OF FANS QUEUING OUTSIDE STADIUM, SANTOS SKYLINE BRAZILIAN AND SANTOS FLAGS ON THE CASKET PELE'S BODY IN A CASKET AND RELATIVES DURING THE WAKE PLAYERS OF SANTOS CLUB ARRIVING AT WAKE PLAYERS OF SANTOS CLUB STANDING AROUND THE CASKET PELE'S BODY IN A CASKET AND RELATIVES DURING THE WAKE VARIOUS OF FANS FILING PAST
- Embargoed: 16th January 2023 23:26
- Keywords: Brazil Pele Santos soccer sport wake
- Location: SANTOS, BRAZIL
- City: SANTOS, BRAZIL
- Country: Brazil
- Topics: South America / Central America,Soccer,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA001000102012023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: The Brazilian coastal city of Santos, which sporting giant Pele turned into a byword for soccer brilliance during a glittering club career, started bidding goodbye to its hero on Monday (January 2) with a 24-hour wake.
Mourners lined up to see Pele's body in an open casket in the center of the field at the Vila Belmiro stadium, home of the Santos Football Club. Pele died on Thursday (December 29) at 82 after battling colon cancer.
Edson Arantes do Nascimento - Pele's given name - was born in 1940 in the small country town of Tres Coracoes, but moved to Santos in 1956 and lived there for most of his life.
In the early hours of Monday, his body arrived under fireworks in the city of about 430,000 people from Sao Paulo's Albert Einstein Hospital.
Floral wreaths were sent by the likes of Neymar, Vinicius Junior, and the Spanish club Real Madrid.
On Tuesday (January 3), a procession carrying Pele's coffin will pass through the streets of Santos, ending at the Ecumenical Memorial Necropolis cemetery, where he will be buried in a private ceremony.
Santos' press office said some 5,000 journalists from all over the world had been accredited to cover the wake of Pele, who scored more than 1,000 goals for Santos.
Several government officials are set to attend the memorial, including newly sworn-in Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, a longtime Santos supporter.
Sao Paulo state military police said in a statement they had prepared a special operation called the "King Pele Operation" to ensure public order.
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