Legendary Brazilian footballer, Pele, dies of colon cancer aged 82 Edson Arantes do Nascimento, popularly known as Pele, the Brazilian who has long been considered the greatest footballer of all time, has died at the age of 82. The legendary figure, a man who transcended his sport and was a global icon, learned that his colon cancer had advanced on December 21 and was told he would be kept in hospital over Christmas, with the iconic forward needing treatment for cardiac and renal dysfunction. Previously he had been admitted to the hospital...