R.I.P Socrates – Iconic Brazilian Playmaker Dies Aged 57

By Chris Wright

Another Sunday, another piece of shitty news.� Socrates, the bearded, chain-smoking footballing doctor and heart and soul of Brazil's 1982 World Cup side has died today after suffering a septic shock in hospital in Sao Paolo.

He had been in a critical condition with an intestinal infection since being admitted to intensive care on Friday (I've read reports suggesting it was after eating a bad stroganoff), but he had also been suffering with illness for a while before that.

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