Former Brazil captain Socrates dies at 57 (PHOTO)

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters):  Former Brazil World Cup captain Socrates died in hospital on Sunday At the age of 57, Brazilian media reported citing hospital sources.

Socrates had been in the Albert Einstein Israeli Hospital in Sao Paulo since Thursday when he was interned with food poisoning which developed into septic shock and had been on a life support machine, the daily O Estado said on its website (www.estadao.com.br).

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