Opinion: Pelé is gone, but his magic will live forever

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Amy Bass reflects on the meaning of greatness throughout Pelé’s life — from his childhood in poverty to World Cup glory to his supercharging of soccer’s popularity in the US with the New York Cosmos to his role as an international icon — and says the player known as “O Rei” transcended national identity while lifting up his country, Black Brazilians especially, through the sport he made an art. 

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