# When and how did Pelé die?

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Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pel%C3%A9

Pelé died on 29 December 2022, aged 82, at the Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital in São Paulo. The cause was multiple organ failure as a complication of colon cancer, diagnosed in 2021. He is buried at the Memorial Necrópole Ecumênica in Santos.

## Related

- The records that answer it in full: [Illness, death and legacy](https://pele.wiki/footballer/chapters/illness-death-and-legacy), [Pelé](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/pele)