Pele landed at #2 on last year's most-Googled list not because of his decades of fame, but because he had just passed away. A single death event spiked his search interest above living presidents, tech billionaires, and active athletes. The data reveals that mortality, not sustained relevance, is one of the strongest drivers of mass search behavior.
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