UPDATE: CBS News is reporting, citing sources familiar with the situation, that Grant Wahl suffered a heart attack at the stadium.
suffered a heart attack at the stadium.Wahl stated on a podcast Thursday that he had contracted bronchitis while covering the World Cup ... which forced him to take several days off from reporting.Wahl said he had visited the medical clinic several times due to being under the weather ... but had been feeling better., just released a statement on his passing ...
CBS Sports journalist Grant Wahl -- one of the most respected soccer reporters in the country -- died while covering the World Cup, his brother announced Friday. He was 49 years old.believes foul play was involved, as he claims the reporter was receiving death threats over wearing a rainbow shirt in support of the LGBTQ+ community.Eric says Grant had zero health issues ... explaining in a heartbreaking Instagram video,"I do not believe my brother just died. I believe he was killed.
To show his support for the LGBTQ+ community in a country where homosexuality is illegal, he wore a shirt with a soccer ball and a rainbow pattern. At the time, Eric praised his brother and denounced soccer's governing body ... saying,"Shame on @FIFA for losing all control over this corrupt World Cup."
Grant was live-tweeting the Argentina vs. Netherlands game just hours ago ... with his last post coming at 1:05 PM PT.Eric says he spoke with Grant's wife, Celine, who says he collapsed at the stadium and was given CPR before being Ubered to a hospital, where he died.
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