An aneurysm is a ballooning of the blood vessel wall, and so it’s weak.”Wahl, 49, collapsed in his seat Friday while covering the quarterfinal match between Argentina and the Netherlands in Lusail, Qatar.“For whatever reason, it happened at this point in time.”The U.S. State Department helped to quickly repatriate Wahl’s body, which “arrived home Monday,” Gounder wrote in a post published Wednesday on Wahl’s website.Our sincere gratitude to everyone involved in repatriating Grant, in particular the White House, the U.S. Department of State, FIFA, U.S. Soccer and American Airlines.”Immediately after Wahl died, his brother, Eric, posted a video to Instagram in which he said Wahl had faced death threats for his coverage of the World Cup, which had been critical of the Qatari government for its treatment of migrant workers during the construction of stadiums for the tournament, and said he believed Wahl had been killed in retaliation.“I think that’s another aspect of soccer that was really important to him, promoting the women’s game, the recent statements he had made about LGBTQ rights — that was Grant.”In her post on Wahl’s website, she added that the couple’s families and she would “forever cherish the gift of his life; to share his company was our greatest love and source of joy.He was equally in his element cooking a quiet dinner of sole provencal for two, walking his beloved [dogs] Zizou and Coco through Manhattan, gathering friends for a raucous dinner party, and traipsing across Moldova chasing a story.”"