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Family No Longer Suspects Foul Play in Grant Wahl’s Death<!-- wp:html --><p>Doug Zimmerman/Getty</p> <p>After initially suggesting <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/sportswriter-grant-wahl-dies-suddenly-while-covering-world-cup-in-qatar">Grant Wahl</a> was killed while covering the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar last week, the soccer journalist’s brother posted Tuesday that he no longer suspects foul play. </p> <p>The post came a day after Wahl’s body was <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/soccer-journalist-grant-wahls-body-and-belongings-returned-to-the-us">returned to the United States</a> and an autopsy was scheduled to take place. </p> <p>Eric Wahl said the family would release a statement on a cause of death “soon,” but ruled out that he suffered a pulmonary embolism—another theory he’d mentioned previously. </p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/grant-wahls-family-no-longer-suspect-foul-play-in-journalists-death-in-qatar?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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After initially suggesting Grant Wahl was killed while covering the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar last week, the soccer journalist’s brother posted Tuesday that he no longer suspects foul play.

The post came a day after Wahl’s body was returned to the United States and an autopsy was scheduled to take place.

Eric Wahl said the family would release a statement on a cause of death “soon,” but ruled out that he suffered a pulmonary embolism—another theory he’d mentioned previously.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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