His coffin lies in the Santos' Stadium so thousands of fans can pass by and pay their respects to the man who is known simply as 'the king of football'. The Brazilian soccer great died Thursday after a battle with cancer. He was 82. Coming up: Plenty of analysis about his extraordinary career, both on- (and off) the pitch. FRANCE 24 is joined by Jean-Emile Jammine, his sports journalist, from Rio de Janerio by his Brazil correspondent (and all-round Pele expert) Tim Vickery, Eurosport's journalist Ruben Slagter.
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