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More details person travel to airy astir the decease of writer Grant Wahl.
Days aft the sports newsman passed distant successful Qatar, his wife, Dr. Celine Gounder, shared his origin of death. "He had an autopsy done present successful New York by the New York City aesculapian examiner's office," Celine, an infectious illness specialist, said successful a Dec. 14 interrogation with CBS News, "and it showed that helium had an aortic aneurysm that ruptured."
Grant, 49, was covering the World Cup erstwhile helium collapsed and died at the quarterfinal lucifer betwixt Argentina and Netherlands connected Dec. 9. At the time, Qatar's Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) said successful a connection to NBC News that Grant "fell sick successful the Lusail Stadium media tribune, during past night's quarter-final match. He received contiguous exigency aesculapian attraction connected site, which continued arsenic helium was transferred by ambulance to Hamad General Hospital."
His household has been seeking answers astir his origin of death, with member Eric Wahl tweeting on Dec. 12, It seems imaginable Grant experienced a pulmonary embolism & was successful a non-shockable state," but aboriginal saying it "was not PE" aft all.
On Dec. 10, Eric wrote, "To clarify, Grant was a steadfast idiosyncratic successful his regular life. I cognize he'd been nether the upwind precocious & that helium was told it was bronchitis & fixed medication. I'm alert of his posts astir feeling similar his assemblage unopen down. He was a workaholic & had utilized that operation earlier w me."
Previously, U.S. Soccer released a connection reflecting connected Grant's death.
"The full U.S. Soccer household is heartbroken to larn that we person mislaid Grant Wahl," the enactment wrote in a statement Dec. 9. "Fans of shot and journalism of the highest prime knew we could ever number connected Grant to present insightful and entertaining stories astir our game, and its large protagonists: teams, players, coaches and the galore personalities that marque shot dissimilar immoderate sport."
The statement continued, "Here successful the United States, Grant's passionateness for shot and committedness to elevating its illustration crossed our sporting scenery played a large relation successful helping to thrust involvement successful and respect for our beauteous game. As important, Grant's content successful the powerfulness of the crippled to beforehand quality rights was, and volition remain, an inspiration to all."
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Grant's wife, Celine, shared U.S. Soccer's connection and said she's "in implicit shock."
Qatari officials' connection concluded, "We connection our deepest condolences to Grant's family, friends and his galore adjacent colleagues successful the media. We are successful interaction with the US Embassy and applicable section authorities to guarantee the process of repatriating the assemblage is successful accordance with the family's wishes."
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