BREAKING: Brazilian Soccer Legend Pelé Dead At 82
>>> BREAKING NEWS. >>> BREAKING NEWS. BRAZILIAN SOCCER LEGEND PELE HAS DIED AT AGE OF 82 AFTER A YEAR-LONG FIGHT AGAINST CANCER. JUST LAST WEEK HIS LOVED ONES RUSHED TO HIS BEDSIDE IN BRAZIL AS HIS CONDITION APPEARED TO WORSEN. SAM BROCK HAS A LOOK BACK AT HIS LIFE AND LEGACY. >> CALLED THE BEAUTIFUL GAME, THE NAME BESTOWED ON SOCCER BY THE GREATEST PLAYER PELE, A MAN WHO MADE THE IMPOSSIBLE LOOK EFFORTLESS. >> BORN INTO POVERTY IN SAO PAULO BRAZIL IN 1940, HE DOMINATED THE SCHOOLYARD WHERE HE PICKED UP THE NICKNAME PELE. IN 1950, HE WATCHED HIS
FATHER CRY AFTER BRAZIL’S WORLD CUP LOSS TO URUGUAY. >> DON’T WORRY, I’M GOING TO WIN THE WORLD CUP FOR YOU. >> PELE MADE GOOD ON THAT PROMISE. IN 1958, AT JUST 17, HE BURST ON TO THE WORLD STAGE, BECOMING THE YOUNGEST PLAYER TO SCORE A GOAL IN THE FIFA WORLD CUP MATCH. BRAZIL WENT ON TO CLAIM THE CUP. THE COUNTRY’S FIRST EVER. LATER TWO MORE WITH PELE AS THEIR STAR MAKING HIM THE ONLY PLAYER TO WIN THREE WORLD CUP TITLES IN THE SPORT’S HISTORY. THE MAJOR EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CLUBS TRIED RECRUITING HIM, BUT PELE, ALSO NICKNAMED
THE KING BY COMMENTATORS STAYED LOYAL 19 YEARS WITH HIS BRAZILIAN TEAM SANTOS. THE MOST HIGHLY PAID ATHLETE RECOGNIZED EVERYWHERE. FEW AMERICANS AT THE TIME NEW ANY PROFESSIONAL SOCCER PLAYER, THRILLED WHEN
LIFE STORY ON THE BIG SCREEN. >> AND A ROLL TO HISTORY WITH >> AND A ROLL TO HISTORY WITH SYLVESTER STALLONE. >> THESE, THESE, THESE, THESE. GO. >> THE ARTIST ANDY WARHOL, FAMOUSLY EQUIPPED, EVERYONE WILL BE WORLD FAMOUS FOR 15 MINUTES, BUT AFTER MEETING AND PAINTING PELE, HE REVISED HIS STATEMENT. PELE WILL HAVE 15 CENTURIES OF FAME. >> I LOVE THE PEOPLE. THE PEOPLE LOVE ME. >> IN HIS LATER YEARS, HE SERVED AS A U.N. AMBASSADOR AND A CHAMPION OF BOTH THE POOR AND THE ENVIRONMENT. HE ALWAYS REMAINED BELOVED AS SIMPLY PELE, THE GREATEST SOCCER
PLAYER EVER. SAM BROCK, NBC NEWS. >> OUR HEARTS WITH THE FAMILY OF
