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Brazil, world mourn as World Cup winner, Zagallo dies at 92

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The late ZagalloMario Zagallo, who reached the World Cup final a record five times, winning four, as a player and then a coach with Brazil, has died.

He was 92. The first person to win the World Cup both as a player and a manager, Zagallo is for many Brazilian soccer fans a synonym of patriotism, grit and glory.

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Brazilians paid their last respects on Sunday to football legend Mario Zagallo, a four-time World Cup-winning player and coach who died at age 92 and was the final member of one of the country's greatest generations in the beloved sport. A steady stream of mourners -- dressed in black, and the yellow of the Brazilian national team or the colors of the numerous clubs where Zagallo played and coached -- filed past his coffin at the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), whose facade sported a giant banner in his honor.

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