Europe 1 with AFP 8:04 p.m., December 29, 2022, modified at 8:13 p.m., December 29, 2022

Suffering from colon cancer, Pelé, the former glory of Brazilian football, died on Thursday at the age of 82, his family announced. 

The Brazilian Pelé, the world's first football star, died at the age of 82, announced Thursday one of his daughters, Kely Nascimento.

"We love you to infinity, rest in peace" she wrote on Instagram, from the Albert-Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo where he was admitted a month ago.

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