A shocking 2022 World Cup as famous American journalist Grant Wall collapsed and died on Friday night. He was recently banned from the stadium for wearing a rainbow jersey to honor his gay brother.
Reason cannot contain it… Famous American journalist Grant Wall collapsed on Friday night (9/12). During the quarter-finals of the Netherlands and Argentina And his last breath at the age of 48, as his brother announced the bad news via his Instagram account.
Grant Wall was USA’s leading soccer reporter, and a few days ago he was banned from the stadium for wearing a rainbow jersey before the USA v Wales game. One of the people who consistently criticized the World Cup in Qatar was Wall, who reported daily from Doha.
Grant Wall wearing a rainbow jersey prior to the USA v Wales match
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“I’m Eric Wall, Grant Wall’s brother, I’m gay, and I’m the reason he wore that shirt at the World Cup. My brother was healthy, he told me he got death threats and I can’t believe he just died. I think they killed him and I beg you for helpwere the words of a man who lost his brother from moment to moment.
Grand Wall wrote on his Twitter account that “I was arrested and held for 25 minutes for wearing a t-shirt to support the rights of the LGBTQ community. They took my mobile phone by force and brutally asked me to change my shirt before entering the stadiumwhile also writing about this experience related text that spread widely.
His death was confirmed by the NFL and NPR, while Grant Wall had experienced some illnesses in the previous days, as mentioned in a podcast.
And on Friday (9/12) he published a text with an introduction on his page.They just don’t care. The organizers of the World Cup in Qatar do not hide their indifference to the death of the workers. After the last event happened. They just don’t care“.
“We have two days without races and my body is telling me “Man, you’re not sleeping enough.” I visited the media center medical center twice, I feel better today, I slept, I’m not 100%, I cough a lot, well, everyone coughs here. Not much hunger here, I’ll be ready for Friday’s matchesHe said in his latest podcast on FUTBOL.
Wall was married to Celine Gunther, an American infectious disease specialist/pathologist/epidemiologist specializing in global health, who was named to a task force by US President Joe Biden.
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