US journalist Grant Wahl dies on the beat, aged 48
December 11 – American journalist, Grant Wahl, 48, passed away after collapsing during the World Cup quarter-final between Argentina – the Netherlands in the press box of Lusail Stadium.
Wahl’s agent, Tim Scanlan, confirmed his passing in a phone interview on Friday night. Scanlan said that Wahl had been in the press box in the closing minutes of the match when he went into acute distress.
Eyewitnesses in the press box said paramedics were on the scene within a matter of seconds and that CPR was applied for about 20 minutes before Wahl was carried away on a stretcher.
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