Grant Wahl’s cause of death: Family reveals how reporter died while covering the World Cup

grant wahl He died of a ruptured blood vessel leading to his heart, the family of the late football reporter announced on Wednesday (December 19). The New York Times newspaper🇧🇷 Grant, 49, died on December 9 in Qatar of an aneurysm, “a catastrophic rupture of the ascending aorta, which carries oxygenated blood from the heart”, according to an autopsy conducted in New York. While covering the 2022 World Cup, Wahl caught a cold for several days before collapsing, but the cold symptoms likely weren’t related to the aneurysm that killed him, according to his wife. Dr. Celine Gounder.

The autopsy found that Grant Wahl had “an ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm, a weakening of blood vessels that often goes unnoticed.” As the aneurysm grows, it can cause coughing, shortness of breath or chest pain, which may have contributed to Wahl’s cold and possible bronchitis in Qatar. Doctors are now investigating whether Wahl had Marfan syndrome, a “genetic condition that affects the connective tissue, which provides support to the body and organs,” according to the CDC. Grant was tall and had long limbs, which could be a sign of the syndrome.

Grant was in the press box for the quarter-final match between Argentina and the Netherlands when he collapsed. Medical staff tried to revive him for twenty minutes before he was transported to a hospital in Doha, where he was pronounced dead.

Dr. Gounder said in an interview Tuesday that her husband died instantly and she felt no pain. “I actually get some relief knowing what she was,” she said. Dr. Gounder was also quick to shut down any speculation that Wahl’s death was due to the COVID vaccine, something she took as an insult given her job as one of the top infectious disease doctors in the country. Dr. Gounder rose to prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic and advised the president Joe Bidenof the transition team on illness when he took office. “I wanted to make sure that conspiracy theories about his death were ruled out,” he said.

Grant’s brother erich wahl, initially speculated on social media that there may have been foul play or that Grant died of a blood clot in his lungs. After the autopsy, Eric said he no longer believed this had contributed to his brother’s death.

Union Sports illustrated In 1996, as a fact checker, Grant Wahl blazed a trail in the world of sports writing. He is best known for writing about soccer, an endeavor he started while working as a student journalist at Princeton University in the 1990s. His work has highlighted the growth of women’s soccer, the corruption associated with the sport, human rights violations and gay rights

YES she eventually fired him over a pandemic-related pay cut, but Wahl went freelance and started a successful newsletter and podcast. His death was mourned by the sporting world, with many paying tribute to a man whose passion for the sport shines through in his writings.

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