The household of Ana Clara Benevides Machado — the 23-year-old Taylor Swift fan who died earlier than one of many singer’s Eras Tour gigs in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil earlier this month — was readily available Sunday evening (Nov. 26) in São Paulo to see the present and meet the star.
Folks journal reported that Swift invited Machado’s household to her closing Brazilian tour cease and, in response to footage posted on X, she additionally met the group backstage and posed for an image with the Machado’s, who had been all carrying shirts with photos of Ana Clara on them; a supply near Swift confirmed the invitation and the picture with Machado’s household.
Machado died on Nov. 17 earlier than Swift’s present at Estadio Nilton Santon in Rio after falling sick on the present, the place first responders attended to her earlier than she was transferred to an area hospital, the place she died. 9 days later, her household watched Swift’s present from a VIP tent on the ground of — per footage and video posted on X (previously Twitter).
Swift was shaken by the information of Benevides’ loss of life, posting he response in an Instagram Story during which she stated, “I can’t consider I’m writing these phrases, however it’s with a shattered coronary heart that I say we misplaced a fan earlier tonight earlier than my present. I can’t even let you know how devastated I’m by this. There’s little or no info I’ve aside from the very fact she was so extremely stunning and much too younger.”
She stated she wouldn’t be capable of converse in regards to the loss from stage as a result of she felt “overwhelmed by grief once I even attempt to speak about it. I need to say now I really feel this loss deeply and my coronary heart goes out to her household and pals.”
Following his daughter’s loss of life, Machado’s father, Weiny Machado, spoke to a Brazilian newspaper final week in regards to the lack of his solely daughter, who he known as a “glad and clever woman… I’ve no phrases to precise my ache. She left house to meet a dream and got here again useless.” NBC Information reported that the Rio Civil Police launched an investigation into the corporate behind the Swift exhibits in Brazil, Time4Fun, simply days after Machado’s loss of life.
A spokesperson for the Civil Police Division of Rio de Janeiro informed NBC that its shopper delegations division had launched an inquiry into “the crime of endangering the life and well being” of concertgoers. The exhibits in Rio had been held throughout a record-breaking warmth wave during which temperatures on the stadium reportedly reached a warmth index above 130 levels Fahrenheit; Swift postponed one of many weekend exhibits attributable to extreme warmth.
The division informed NBC that the investigation shouldn’t be straight linked to Machado’s loss of life; the younger fan reportedly handed out throughout the second track of Swift’s set and skilled cardiorespiratory arrest, although the official reason for loss of life has not but been introduced.
See a pic of Swift with the household beneath.
