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Well known football journalist Grant Wahl dies after collapsing during Netherlands v Argentina World Cup game in Qatar

The respected and well known American journalist Grant Wahl died in Qatar last night after collapsing during the Netherlands vs Argentina game.

The 49-year-old appearing to have been tweeting regularly up to the moment he collapsed. His final tweet was just after the Netherland's scored a freekick. "Just an incredible designed set-piece goal by the Netherlands," the journalist tweeted.

The LA Times reported that he was treated for 20 minutes after he collapsed and then was removed from the stadium on a stretcher and taken to a Qatari hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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