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Grant Wahl's Widow Responds to Anti-Vaccine Trolls

Grant Wahl's Widow: I Can't
Ignore the Trolls Anymore

OPINION

Jan 9, 2023 9:30 AM CST

Grant Wahl's Widow: I Can't Ignore the Trolls Anymore

Celine Gounder, a doctor, says vaccine disinformation is too dangerous

(Newser) - Celine Gounder is an infectious-disease physician and epidemiologist, and she also happens to be the widow of renowned soccer writer Grant Wahl . After her husband died while covering the World Cup, the anti-vaccine brigade concluded that his COVID vaccine must have been the reason. (It wasn't—Wahl died of...

'No Amount of
CPR' Would've
Helped Soccer
Writer: Wife

Dec 14, 2022 8:44 AM CST

'No Amount of CPR' Would've Helped Soccer Writer: Wife

Dr. Celine Gounder says her husband Grant Wahl died of an aortic aneurysm unrelated to COVID

(Newser) - The mystery over what killed soccer writer Grant Wahl has been solved, and his wife now says "no amount of CPR or shocks would have saved him." Dr. Celine Gounder announced Wednesday that her husband died from a rupture of a previously unknown aortic aneurysm , and that there...

Grant Wahl Death: 'Why
Wasn't There a Defibrillator?'

Dec 11, 2022 10:00 AM CST

Grant Wahl Death: 'Why Wasn't There a Defibrillator?'

Colleagues, family mourn sportswriter who died at 49

(Newser) - The cause of death for sportswriter Grant Wahl remained unclear as of Sunday morning as those in his orbit processed the news. The 49-year-old collapsed and died early Saturday in Qatar, where he was covering his eighth World Cup.

No defibrillator: Wahl collapsed in the press box of Lusail Iconic

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Renowned Sports Writer
Collapses, Dies at World Cup

Dec 10, 2022 5:30 AM CST

Renowned Sports Writer Collapses, Dies at World Cup

Grant Wahl, one of the best-known US journalists in the soccer world, is dead at 48

(Newser) - Grant Wahl, one of the most well-known soccer writers in the United States, died early Saturday in Qatar while covering the World Cup match between Argentina and the Netherlands. He was 48. US media seated near him said Wahl fell back in his seat in a section of Lusail Stadium...