The fifty seven year old was rushed to hospital on Thursday night with a suspected case of food poisoning, but was then immediately placed in intensive care after it was discovered that he had suffered a septic shock.
Despite the medical staffs best efforts to heal the infection, the former Corinthians midfielder was pronounced dead in the early house of Sunday morning.
Socrates was hospitalized twice before in August and September of this year, where he was treated for stomach haemorrhage. The player himself admited in an interview that his problem was alcohol related.
