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Movies, music and TV helped Pelé to even more stardom

FILE - Brazilian soccer star Pele and his girlfriend Xuxa arrive to see the screening of the Spanish movie Carmen, directed by Carlos Saura, at the film festival in Cannes, France, May 15, 1983. Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died in Sao Paulo on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. He was 82. (AP Photo, File) FILE - Brazilian soccer legend Pelé looks at a statue given by the Rio de Janeiro Gov. Rosinha Matheus, at the Municipal Theater in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, June 21, 2004. The recognition was given during the premier of the movie "Pelé Eterno." Pelé, who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died in Sao Paulo on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. He was 82. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano, File) FILE - Brazilian soccer legend Edson Arantes Do Nascimiento better known as 'Pele', gestures during a photocall of the movie 'Pele', in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, May 25, 2016. Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died in Sao Paulo on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. He was 82. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File) FILE - Actor Anthony Quinn, left, his wife Iolanda and Brazilian soccer star Pele, right, make their way through a crowd to attend the showing of the film Pele, directed by Francois Reichenbach and in which Pele stars, at the Cannes film festival in Cannes, France, May 18, 1977. Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died in Sao Paulo on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. He was 82. (AP Photo/Jean Jacques Levy, File) FILE - Pele gives a soccer demonstration during the taping of the Johnny Carson Show at NBC-TV studios in New York, May 9, 1973. Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died in Sao Paulo on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. He was 82. (AP Photo, File)
Movies, music and TV helped Pelé to even more stardom