Europe 1 with AFP 01:26, December 30, 2022

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has decreed a three-day mourning for the death Thursday of legendary footballer Pelé, in a decree published in the Official Journal.

"Official mourning is decreed throughout the country (...), a mark of respect after the death of Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Pelé", following cancer at the age of 82, can we read in this decree .

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