Grant Wahl, a U.S. reporter covering the World Cup in Qatar who was harassed while wearing a rainbow shirt, has died suddenly, U.S. Soccer announced Friday.
He died in Doha, Qatar, while covering the Argentina-Netherlands World Cup quarterfinal for reasons that are not yet clear, but his brother explained on Instagram that Wahl was healthy and speculated he may have fallen victim to foul play."I'm gay and the reason he wore the rainbow shirt to the World Cup. My brother was healthy. He told me he received death threats. I do not believe my brother just died.
— JACK SETTLEMAN December 10, 2022 Wahl made headlines last month when he described how a security guard informed him that his T-shirt with a rainbow surrounding a soccer ball was initially"not allowed" in Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, resulting in Wahl being detained for about 30 minutes. Eventually, officials relented and let him in. He blasted the encounter as an"unnecessary ordeal.
I am so thankful for the support of my husband @GrantWahl's soccer family & of so many friends who've reached out tonight.— Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA 🇺🇦 December 10, 2022
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