BREAKING: Brazilian soccer legend Pelé has died at age 82, his daughter says.
In 1986 when Reagan invited Pelé for a state dinner in honor of Brazilian President Jose Sarney, he said, “My name is Ronald Reagan, I’m the president of the United States of America. But you don’t need to introduce yourself because everyone knows who Pelé is.”
But he was perhaps best known for his ambassadorial work with the United Nations in which he campaigned against the aggressive marketing of baby milk formulas and on environmental issues, among other causes.A supporter of various charities throughout his life, in 2018 he set up the Pelé Foundation to help impoverished children.
His seven known offspring include Sandra Machado, whom he refused to acknowledge even after a court-ordered DNA test proved that she was his daughter. She would go on to write the book “The Daughter the King Didn’t Want,” before she died in 2006 at 42.
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