Joao Havelange, Brazil's corruption-tainted former FIFA president who helped bring the Olympic Games to Rio, has died at the age of 100, a hospital spokeswoman told AFP Tuesday.
The news, first given by Brazilian media, was confirmed by Andresa Feijo, spokeswoman for the Samaritano Hospital in Rio de Janeiro.
The lawyer, businessman and former athlete was FIFA's 7th president and he served from 1974 to 1998 with the record of serving the second longest tenure in the body's history. He was also a member of the International Olympic Committee from 1963 to 2011.
As a swimmer, he competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
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