A man named Grant Wahl died on December 9 while he was watching overtime of the match between the Netherlands and Argentina.
The first hypotheses were that he could have died from a heart attack.
Wahl celebrated his 48th birthday on Thursday with friends in Qatar, a day before collapsing, he wrote in a tweet that he had not felt well for the last 10 days and was taking medication for symptoms of bronchitis on the day of the Netherlands vs. USA match. .
Several journalists have written about his death such as Henry Winter, football editor-in-chief of The Times who said:
“Anyone who met Grant was immediately taken with him,” he said. "He was so passionate about the game, passionate about the industry."
“He promoted soccer in the United States, probably one of the reasons why they are going to host such a good World Cup four years from now, is because of his passion.”
