Although an official cause of death has not been shared, Wahl wrote that he had been suffering from a "severe" illness that required him to visit a medical clinic in Qatar.
"My body finally broke down on me. Three weeks of little sleep, high stress and lots of work can do that to you," Wahl wrote Monday on his World Cup Daily newsletter. “What had been a cold over the last 10 days turned into something more severe on the night of the USA-Netherlands game, and I could feel my upper chest take on a new level of pressure and discomfort. I didn’t have Covid (I test regularly here), but I went into the medical clinic at the main media center today, and they said I probably have bronchitis. They gave me a course of antibiotics and some heavy-duty cough syrup, and I’m already feeling a bit better just a few hours later. But still: No bueno.”
Ned Price, a spokesman for the U.S. State Department,
said the government is "engaged with senior Qatari officials to see to it that his family’s wishes are fulfilled as expeditiously as possible."