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Grant Wahl Died of Ruptured Blood Vessel in Heart at World Cup, Autopsy Shows

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The cause of death for soccer journalist Grant Wahl was revealed Wednesday.

His family announced he died while covering the men's World Cup in Qatar because of a ruptured blood vessel leading from his heart, per Apoorva Mandavilli and Andrew Das of the New York Times.

An autopsy showed he "experienced a catastrophic rupture in the ascending aorta, which carries oxygenated blood from the heart."

This article will be updated soon to provide more information and analysis.