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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Feb 10, 2020, 04:06 PM Feb 2020

Soccer legend Pele is depressed, reclusive due to health issues, says son

SAO PAULO -- Brazilian soccer great Pele is depressed over his poor health and reluctant to leave the house because he cannot walk unaided, his son Edinho said in an interview published in Brazil on Monday.

Pele, widely considered to be one of the greatest footballers in history and who will be 80 in October, has had hip trouble for years and now needs a frame to walk. Many of his recent public appearances have been in a wheelchair.

"He’s pretty fragile. He had a hip replacement and didn’t have an adequate or ideal rehabilitation," Edinho told TV Globo.

"So he has this problem with mobility and that has set off a kind of depression. Imagine, he’s the King, he was always such an imposing figure and today he can’t walk properly.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/soccer/pele-is-depressed-reclusive-due-to-health-issues-says-son/ar-BBZQCv8?li=BBnb7Kz

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Soccer legend Pele is depressed, reclusive due to health issues, says son (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2020 OP
Aging is the pits. virgogal Feb 2020 #1
Its no picnic. But being under dirt can't be much more fun. marble falls Feb 2020 #2
You've got that right.😀 virgogal Feb 2020 #3
Not one of the greatest. tazkcmo Feb 2020 #4
Yep... twogunsid Feb 2020 #5
Aging is tough Duckerington Feb 2020 #6
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