JUST IN: American soccer writer Grant Wahl died of an undetected ascending aortic aneurysm with hemopericardium while attending a World Cup match last week, according to his wife, Dr. Celine Gounder.
writer Grant Wahl died of an undetected ascending aortic aneurysm with hemopericardium while attending the Netherlands-Argentina match last week, according to his wife, Dr. Celine Gounder."Grant died from the rupture of a slowly growing, undetected ascending aortic aneurysm with hemopericardium," she wrote in a post on her Substack. "The chest pressure he experienced shortly before his death may have represented the initial symptoms.
Sports reporter Grant Wahl covering the U.S. Men's National team in East Hartford, Conn., Oct. 10, 2014."While the world knew Grant as a great journalist, we knew him as a man who approached the world with openness and love," wrote Grounder, an infectious disease expert who was part of President Joe Biden's COVID-19 transition team. "Grant was an incredibly empathetic, dedicated, and loving husband, brother, uncle, and son who was our greatest teammate and fan.
Wahl even ran for FIFA president in 2011, though he did not receive the necessary backing of a national soccer federation and dropped out.decision to hold the World Cup in Qatar
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