Grant Wahl's Wife Dr. Céline Gounder Shares Sweet Photos of Late Husband

Mar. 15, 2025

Grant Wahl and Céline Gounder.Photo: celine gounder/twitter

Dr. Céline Gounderis remembering her late husbandGrant Wahlwith sweet photos from their decades together.

Gounder, whose expertise is in medicine, infectious disease and epidemiology, shared the photos on her Twitter account, where she continues to thank users for honoring Wahl, a celebrated sports journalist who died while covering the 2022 FIFA World Cup on Friday.

Gounder said Fridayshe was “in complete shock"at her husband’s passing.

“I am so thankful for the support of my husband @GrantWahl’s soccer family & of so many friends who’ve reached out tonight,” she wrote on Twitter. “I’m in complete shock.”

In the days that followed, in between sharing news stories about her husband, Gounder tweeted out photos of happy memories of Wahl, from a friend’s wedding in Paros, Greece earlier this year to a shot from their 2018 Thanksgiving celebration.

Gounder, who was previously named one of PEOPLE’s25 Women Changing the Worldin 2017 — married Wahl back in2001. Together, they sharetwo dogs — Coco and Zizou.

Wahl, 48, was covering Argentina versus Netherlands game at the FIFA World Cup on Friday when he is reported to have collapsed during the match.

A cause of death has not been revealed.

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On Monday, a State Department official confirmed thatWahl’s body had returned to the U.S.

“At this point, we will defer to the family to speak to the next steps,” State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said during a press briefing. “I know that they have spoken publicly to their wishes and of course, we worked very closely with the family over the past 48 hours to help fulfill those wishes.”

Wahl’s brother, Eric, said on Twitter that he and Gounder will take Wahl’s body for a “medical examination” and “autopsy.”

source: people.com