Ana Clara Benevides Machado passed away during Taylor Swift’s concert; Rio de Janeiro reached a thermal sensation of 59.3°C
The debut of The Eras Tour in Taylor Swift in Rio de Janeiro ended in tragedy. Ana Clara Benevides Machadojust 23 years old, died on Friday night, the 17th, after suffering a cardiorespiratory arrest, as reported by the Municipal Health Department. The causes of death continue to be investigated.
According to the psychology student’s friend, Daniele, Ana Clara began to feel ill during the performance of the second song on the setlist of Swift. “In the second song she simply passed out. Then we took her out with the help of the security guards and ran to the support post in the stadium. They attended to her and took her to the ambulance”, he told the G1.
The young woman’s death occurred amid a heat wave with very high temperatures. This Friday, the thermal sensation was 59.3°C in Rio de Janeiro (via UOL).
Read Taylor Swift’s statement:

I can’t believe I’m writing these words, but it’s with a broken heart that I say we lost a fan earlier tonight, before my show. I can’t even tell you how devastated I am by this. I don’t have much information, other than the fact that she was incredibly beautiful and very young. I won’t be able to say anything about her from the stage, because I feel overcome with grief when I try to talk about it. I want to say now that I feel this loss, and my heart goes out to her family and friends. That was the last thing I thought would happen when we decided to bring the tour to Brazil.
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