'Aortic aneurysm that ruptured': Grant Wahl's wife reveals journalist's autopsy findings, rules out foul play
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: According to Grant Wahl's wife, Dr Celine Gounder, an autopsy performed by the New York City medical examiner revealed that the soccer journalist passed away from a 'slowly growing, undetected' ascending aortic aneurysm with hemopericardium. Wahl passed away in Qatar while covering the FIFA World Cup at the age of 48. According to TMZ, Gounder revealed that “He had an autopsy done here in New York by the New York City Medical Examiner's Office, and it showed that he had an aortic aneurysm that ruptured.”
During his coverage of the Argentina-Netherlands quarterfinal, Wahl 'felt sick,' according to a spokeswoman for the Qatari World Cup organizing committee. He was then transported to Hamad General Hospital after paramedics performed CPR on him for several minutes at the scene. Gounder wrote on Wahl's website, "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. His death was unrelated to COVID. His death was unrelated to vaccination status. There was nothing nefarious about his death."
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