Talk:Grant Wahl

To add to article
Basic information to add to this article: cause of death. 173.88.246.138 (talk) 02:57, 10 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Well, that's the big question now, isn't it? – Muboshgu (talk) 04:38, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 * He complained about chest pain and was given cough syrup and ibuprofen.--Myosci (talk) 07:58, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

This is wrong. He wasn’t given cough syrup and ibuprofen at all. Someone edit this out because the person who wrote this is clueless and completely guessing Eternal son (talk) 01:08, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Not wrong, just earlier: "They gave me a course of antibiotics and some heavy-duty cough syrup." WWGB (talk) 03:43, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

Done. 204.11.186.190 (talk) 17:22, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

Date of Death
Was it December 9 or was it December 10? Keep in mind that even if it was still December 9 in the U.S., it was already December 10 in Qatar which is where he died, and therefore his date of death should be listed as December 10, 2022. I'll let you guys fight it out. The following sources state that it was on Saturday:

https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/35221443/american-soccer-journalist-grant-wahl-dies-48-qatar https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-10/soccer-writer-grant-wahl-dies-at-world-cup-match-in-qatar 24.246.14.216 (talk) 14:51, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 * One would assume it was December 10, based on the fact the match began at 10pm and he collapsed at the end of extra time; a 90-minute match, half time, stoppage time, a 30-minute extra time period, also with half time. Plus 20 minutes of CPR. Takes you into the early morning. This is something that needs sources, not assumptions and maths, of course, and I see you have provided some. Will check and update if appropriate. Kingsif (talk) 17:30, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Cheers. Yes, it's the date and time of where he died that matters, not the date and time of where he customarily resided or the date and time of where the news source is located.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.246.14.216 (talk) 17:41, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 * His last tweet was posted at 12:05am on December 10 in Qatar time, so he could not have died on December 9. I've gone ahead and changed it. – Iago Qnsi (User talk:IagoQnsi) 22:00, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

No. He died on December 9, not 10 Eternal son (talk) 01:09, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
 * December 9 in the US. However, in Qatar, where he actually died, it was December 10. Deaths are always recorded as happening in local time of where the death takes place (regardless of the dead person's nationality). Wahl's American nationality has no bearing on the fact that Qatar is a day ahead of the US. Canuck 89 (Speak with me) or visit my user page  03:25, December 12, 2022 (UTC)

Date of birth
There is a lot of conflicting information about Wahl's actual exact birth date. I'm pretty confident that I've finally got it correct – December 2, 1973 – so I'm going to document why I think this. Some sources at the time of his death made it sound like his birthday was December 7. He did say that he celebrated his birthday with his friends on December 7 this year, but they were celebrating it late. He wrote an article on his website on December 2 saying it was his birthday (the website says it was published on December 1, but it's a timezone issue -- the page's source code says it was published at 2022-12-02T00:12:36+00:00, which in Qatar time is 3:12 am on December 2). The article is paywalled, but according to the text that appears when you find the article in Google Search, the article includes the text "And it's my birthday today. Never thought I'd spend a birthday at the World Cup, but here we are. Have a good evening!"

A lot of sources say that he died at age 48 and/or that he was born in 1974. I think this might have originated with a quote from his agent Tim Scanlan, but it is incorrect. CBS originally published that he died at 48 but later corrected their article to say 49 (there's a correction note at the bottom). Celine Gounder (Wahl's wife) also tweeted that he died at 49. And to settle any doubt, Wahl himself tweeted on December 2, 2017 that he was turning 44, which means he must have been born in 1973. Iago Qnsi (User talk:IagoQnsi) 00:59, 11 December 2022 (UTC)