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Pele moved to end-of-life care in hospital: Report

On Tuesday, the 82-year-old Pele, whose full name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento, was admitted into the Albert Einstein Hospital here after suffering from 'general swelling' and 'heart failure'

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Pele. Pic/AFP

Football legend Pele 'is moved to end-of-life care' in hospital, as doctors stop chemotherapy with his body not responding to it in the fight against colon cancer, reports a Brazilian daily newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo.

On Tuesday, the 82-year-old Pele, whose full name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento, was admitted into the Albert Einstein Hospital here after suffering from 'general swelling' and 'heart failure'.

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