On Wednesday, the family of journalist Grant Wahl revealed that he died from an aortic aneurysm while covering the World Cup in Qatar.
His wife, Dr. Celine, released a statement explaining it was “slowly growing, undetected.”
“Grant died from the rupture of a slowly growing, undetected ascending aortic aneurysm with hemopericardium,” she wrote on Wahl’s Substack. “The chest pressure he experienced shortly before his death may have represented the initial symptoms. No amount of CPR or shocks would have saved him.”
A note from Grant’s wife, Céline Gounder https://t.co/EWrD9hJdOk
— Eric Wahl (@ziplamak) December 14, 2022
“The family will release a statement as to the cause of death soon,” Eric wrote on Twitter. “I no longer suspect foul play. It was not PE [pulmonary embolism].”
The American State Department has confirmed that Grant’s body was brought back to the country on Monday.
On his podcast, Futbol with Grant Wahl, Grant claimed to have bronchitis before passing away.
“My body told me, even after the U.S. went out, ‘Dude, you are not sleeping enough.’ It rebelled on me.”
