His death after he was beaten by the police inspired anger and sorrow across the country. His family remembers him as a “beautiful soul.”
Category: Funerals and Memorials
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Pele’s 24-Hour Funeral Attracted More Than 200,000 Mourners
“This is no sacrifice,” said a man who had waited hours for a chance to attend Pelé’s 24-hour wake. Officials estimated 230,000 people filed through the stadium.
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Pelé Honored by Thousands of Brazilians at 24-Hour Funeral
Thousands of Brazilians came out to pay their respects to an athlete that put their nation on the world stage.
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Tributes Pour In as Brazil Readies for Pelé’s Funeral
Pelé’s body will lie at midfield at the Estádio Urbano Caldeira, his former club’s stadium, for 24 hours.
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As Cases Spread, China’s Low Covid Death Toll Convinces No One
China’s murky statistics are fueling widespread public distrust. Its narrow definition of Covid deaths “will very much underestimate the true death toll,” the W.H.O. says.
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Imagining a Monument to an Unimaginable Number of Covid Deaths
In cities, especially, monuments have become not just an artistic genre unto themselves but evanescent, ever-evolving tributes to those we lost — and continue to lose.