Father of Taylor Swift Fan Mourns Daughter After Death at ‘Eras Tour’

The father of Ana Clara Benevides Machado, the Taylor Swift fan who died earlier than the debut Eras Tour live performance in Brazil, has damaged his silence on her loss of life.

“I lost my only daughter, a happy and intelligent girl,” Weiny Machado informed native newspaper Folha de São Paulo on Saturday, November 18. “She was about to graduate in Psychology next April, saving money. I have no words to express my pain. She left home to fulfill a dream and came back dead.”

Ana Clara died at the age of 23 forward of the Friday, November 17, live performance in Rio de Janeiro. Her loss of life was confirmed by live performance organizer Time for Fun (T4F) on Saturday.

“Last night, Ana Clara felt unwell and was promptly attended to by the team of firefighters and paramedics, being taken to the Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos [on-site medic] for first aid protocol,” a Saturday assertion on T4F’s X (formerly Twitter) web page learn in Portuguese. “Given the situation, the medical team chose to transfer her to Salgado Filho Hospital, where, after almost an hour of emergency care, she unfortunately died.”

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A trigger of loss of life has but to be confirmed, with Machado telling Folha de São Paulo that he desires native officers to launch an investigation.

“I want it to be found out whether they were in fact prohibited from bringing water, whether there was negligence in providing assistance,” he stated, referring to experiences that the Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santo didn’t present water to attendees amid the record-breaking heatwave.

Machado added: “I know that the singer was handing out water to her fans, and that is absurd for an event of this size. Nothing will bring my daughter back, but I hope that, if negligence is confirmed, someone will be punished, so that this doesn’t happen to anyone else”

Swift, 33, for her half, was “devastated” by Ana Clara’s passing.

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“I can’t believe I’m writing these words but it is with a shattered heart that I say we lost a fan earlier tonight before my show,” the Grammy winner wrote in an Instagram Story assertion. “I can’t even tell you how devastated I am by this. There’s very little information I have other than the fact that she was so incredibly beautiful and far too young.”

She continued: “I’m not going to be able to speak about this from stage because I feel overwhelmed by grief when I even try to talk about it. I want to say now I feel this loss deeply and my broken heart goes out to her family and friends. This is the last thing I ever thought would happen when we decided to bring this tour to Brazil.”

During Swift’s Friday present, she paused her efficiency a number of occasions to ensure that concertgoers got water after they began “agua” chants. She postponed her subsequent present on Saturday amid the town’s “extreme temperatures” and is ready to take the stage once more on Sunday, November 19. (Eduardo Paes, the mayor of Rio, announced that the postponed present will happen on Monday, November 20, although Swift has not confirmed the information herself.)

Following Ana Clara’s loss of life, T4F modified its stadium tips to cross out free water bottles to attendees at varied distribution factors. Fans may also herald glasses of water and processed meals so long as it’s sealed with a lid.