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King Pelé: all on the death of the former Brazilian footballer announced by RFI

Since Monday, November 16, social networks have been rustling over the death of the former Brazilian footballer King Pelé by son vrai nom Edson Arantes do Nascimento.

The 80-year-old former star is in poor health. Recently, he has increased hospitalizations. However, the one considered the best player in the history of football is doing well, contrary to the announcements made on social networks.

Indeed, this Monday, the French media Rfi announced the death of the Brazilian star in an article published in 2014, but updated this Monday, November 16, 2020.

And it did not take more for the information to go around social networks and a rain of reaction. But fortunately, it is not. This is a false advertisement, arrived by mistake. Indeed, Rfi claims that it is the victim of a bug which caused the publication of several obituaries recorded on its database.

“A technical problem has resulted in the publication of numerous obituaries on our site. We are mobilized to rectify this major bug and apologize to the people concerned as well as to you who follow us and trust us ”, explains the media on Twitter, a few moments after deleting the article announcing the death of King Pelé.


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