Posted on 08/05/2016 11:26:00 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Pele apologized for disappointing Brazilians
Pele says his poor health will keep him from lighting the Olympic cauldron at the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics.
In a statement on Friday, the 75-year-old soccer great says "I'm not physically able to attend the opening of the Olympics."
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He doesn’t wanna get bit by mosquito.
It was Pele who worked to get the olympics to Brazil.
Some of the formerly famous do not want to be seen when they become old and frail. Then you get others in even worse condition, who still insist on going out and engaging with the public. Muhummad Ali was that way, Stephen Hawking also comes to mind. The nature of different people.
If you haven’t seen it yet, Pele:Birth of a Legend was very good.
I remember whan Muhammad Ali was the one who lit the cauldron for the 100th anniversay edition of the summer olympics, frail as he was, in Atlanta. He showed that even with age and challenges, you have to keep going.
He fears for green tomatoes thrown really hard - THATS why he is a no show. Un-idicted co-conspirator in all of it.
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