Pele's 100-year-old mum doesn't know her football legend son has died

The 100-year-old mother of football legend Pele is unaware that her son passed away.

According to his sister, PELE'S mother is unaware that the football legend has passed away.

Pele passed away at the age of 82 on Thursday at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paolo due to multiple organ failure brought on by his protracted battle with colon cancer.

Their 100-year-old mother Celeste, whose house is reportedly on the route the funeral planners have planned before the football star is buried in the tallest cemetery in the world, is taken care of by Maria Lucia do Nascimento.

According to reports, His mother celebrated her 100th birthday last month, and her son captured the memorable occasion on Instagram.

After three days of official mourning, Pele will be laid to rest in a 14-story cemetery in the heart of Santos, where he played the majority of his club football, on Tuesday.

The public will have the opportunity to pay their respects to him as his body is transported from the hospital where he passed away to the Vila Belmiro Stadium in Santos.

According to local media, it will stay on the center circle for 24 hours before being taken through the streets of his hometown so that he can briefly stop outside the home of his bedridden mother.