Pele’s widow pays emotional tribute to football legend in posthumous open letter

In a poignant open letter written a month after the football legend’s death, Pele’s widow admitted to feeling an “empty space” with the air being sucked out of her.

Marsha Aoki also admitted that it takes time to get used to not having her “reason to live” by her side.

The pediatrician’s daughter, who was 25 years younger than Pele when they married in July 2016, six years after they started dating, wrote in a two-page letter posted on the footballer’s official Instagram: is written as His endearing love, his unique humor and his complicity take a while.

“I wanted to make eye contact for a few more minutes. A few more days to play with our puppy Kakau.

Marcia Aoki (right), widow of football legend Pele (left), described the “empty space” where the air was being sucked out of her in a poignant open letter written a month after his death. admit what you feel

Pele’s widow Marcia Aoki’s tribute to her late husband

“Good morning, Marcia, my dear.” Look at the beauty of the sea today.

“Even though I know this is the inevitable fate of all of us, it’s an empty space, a sense of absence, that pushes my chest down to reach this moment for me.

“But there is also another feeling, one of great gratitude for being able to share my pain with the world.

“We have received thousands of messages of love and solidarity, filling our hearts with comfort and peace.

“I would like to thank all the fans who still show their respect and the Santos Football Club and the city of Santos for treating us so well during these difficult times.”

Pele’s widow Marcia Aoki (left) attends the Seventh Day Mass at the Church of Santo Antonio do Embare in Santos, Brazil, on January 11.

Calling her late husband’s birth name Edson, she added: Share Pele’s love with you too.

“This love will never die, it will last between us. Forever.

The 56-year-old pediatrician’s daughter, of Japanese origin, signed her open letter.

Earlier in the day, Pele’s daughter paid a moving tribute to her late father, who died at the age of 82 on Dec. 29 at the Albert Einstein Israeli Hospital in São Paulo after a long battle with colon cancer.

Pictured in 2014, Pele died of multiple organ failure in Brazil on December 29 at the age of 82.

Pele’s daughters Kelly (right) and Flavia Nascimento (left) with Brazilian Football Federation President Henaldo Rodriguez (middle)

Along with a series of photos she shared online, Kelly Nascimento said:

“A month of so many compliments, so many tight hugs, so many stories told by teary-eyed strangers, so many memories, so many tears and so much laughter.

“Today and always, thank you for sharing our sense of humor, our huge brains, our optimism, our ability to enjoy the simple things in life, our work ethic and our love of hotels, airports and planes.

“Above all, brothers and sisters teach that it is better to sleep alone in one room than each to sleep in their own room, and that it is more pleasant to cram all together at a table than to eat at separate tables. Thank you for having me..

“Finally: It’s always better when everyone is together.

“Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you forever.”