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title: "Brazil declares three days of mourning for legendary footballer Pelé"
url: https://radiomoldova.md/p/2472/brazil-declares-three-days-of-mourning-for-legendary-footballer-pelé
published: 2022-12-30T07:27:58Z
language: en
author: "Bogdan Nigai"
section: "International"
source: radiomoldova.md
---

# Brazil declares three days of mourning for legendary footballer Pelé

> Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro declared three days of national mourning Thursday for Pele, after the legendary footballer died at age 82, AFP reports.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro declared three days of national mourning Thursday for Pele, after the legendary footballer died at age 82, AFP reports.

![AP](https://storage.radiomoldova.md/images/9cbb4937-780f-4ac4-8d40-eae037dfc224.jpg)

*Sursa: AP*

The measure was announced in a decree published in an extra edition of the government gazette and signed by the outgoing president, who is set to leave office Sunday.