Weather has proven to be an issue for Taylor Swift on the international leg of her Eras Tour, with the singer forced to postpone a concert in Argentina because of heavy thunderstorms before tragedy struck her November 17 stop in Brazil. Ana Clara Benevides Machado, 23, died before the Friday show in Rio de Janeiro, reportedly after going into cardiac arrest amid extreme temperatures. As Swift decided to postpone her November 18 concert, Ana Clara’s father spoke out about the death of his only daughter.
Ana Clara Benevides Machado’s official cause of death is unknown, but extreme heat at the November 17 Eras Tour stop affected many fans who waited in line for hours to get into the general admission concert. Ana Clara’s father, 53-year-old Weiny Machado, was devastated when he told the Folha de São Paulo newspaper (via Hindustan Times):
