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(Video) In a gaffe, Jovem Pan reporter says Pelé had 'cervical cancer'

Journalist João Vitor Rocha made a mistake when talking about the health of the King of Football.

João Vitor Rocha (Photo: Reproduction)

247 Reporter João Vitor Rocha made a slip-up live on air while talking about the health of Pelé, 82 years old. 

The King of Football was diagnosed with colon cancer, but the Jovem Pan journalist said it was "cervical cancer". 

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"Pelé is 82 years old and was diagnosed, in September of last year, with a 'côme', a type of cervical cancer," stated Vigor Rocha. 

The Albert Einstein Hospital (SP) reported this Wednesday (21), in medical bulletinthat Pelé's health has worsened and he will spend Christmas (25) hospitalized in the capital of São Paulo.

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