SANTOS, Brazil: Thousands of mourners, including high school students and supreme court justices, began filing past the body of Pelé on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) on the century-old field where he made his hometown team one of Brazil's best.

The soccer great died on Thursday after a battle with cancer. He was the only player ever to win three World Cups, and he was 82.

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