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With the beginning of the World Cup in Brazil, it reminided me that I had never gotten the signature of Marinho while he played in the old NASL with Cosmos and Ft. Lauderdale. I started to look for an address and to my suprise discovered he passed away from what doctors called a "digestive hemmorrage on this past May 31. At the time of his death, he was my age, 62. According to the newspaper reports, the death was the result of alcoholism and diseases related to drinking.

I grew up in Chicago and met many of the world's elite players in their career closing years as they played in the early NASL. From Banks and Beckenbauer and Best, to Muller, Granitza and Chinaglia. Never encountered Marinho, even though a godd friend's cousin played with Strikers.

I'm hoping a Strikers or Cosmos fan out ther has an extra laying around after all these years. I think I may have an extra Best and certainly have some duplicates of the guys that played for Chicago to trade. Will also buy a Marinho if you have one