Ana Benevides dies of cardiac arrest while attending a Taylor Swift concert in a electrifying stadium
A Taylor Swift fan died during Friday night’s concert in Brazil at the Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos in Rio de Janeiro as the city was under a heat warning.
Ana Clara Benevides, 23, fainted during the show and is believed to have suffered cardiac arrest according to her cousin, Estela Benevides, and as reported by the Brazilian newspaper Fohla de Sao Paolo.
Doctors on the scene tried to revive the young fan, but were unsuccessful. Swift begged stadium staff to give concertgoers water in clips shared on social media. In a subsequent statement, the star said Benevides died before the concert and it is unclear whether the group she was referring to included the dead woman.
Benevides was taken to Salgado Filho Municipal Hospital but died shortly afterwards. The weather in Rio was 100F on Friday, prompting a local heat warning, but according to USA Today it felt more like 109F.
Fand claimed online that they were banned from bringing water into the venue. DailyMail.com has been unable to verify this claim.
Ana Clara Benevides, 23, died after fainting during the show and going into cardiac arrest
The 33-year-old pop star stopped her show to give water to some members of the excited audience
Shortly after the show was over, Swift wrote about her shock at what happened.
Swift could be seen in the crowd gesturing to where thirsty fans were in desperate need of water
Swift was able to fetch water from Crown staff, which she then threw into the crowd
Temperatures in the stadium hovered around 100 Fahrenheit during the performance, with the 33-year-old pop star at one point stopping her show to give water to some members of the excited crowd.
Shortly after the show was over, Swift wrote on Instagram about her shock at what happened.
“I can’t believe I’m writing these words, but it is with her broken heart that I say that earlier tonight, before my show, we lost a fan. I can’t even tell you how devastated I am by this,” Swift wrote.
“There’s very little information I have other than the fact that she was so incredibly beautiful and very young,” she continued.
“I’m not going to be able to talk about this from the stage because I feel overwhelmed with sadness when I even try to talk about it. I want to say now that 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 the store to Brazil.”
At one point during the show, Swift brought the performance halfway through and threw a water bottle into the audience.
As he sang, Swift threw the water bottle into the crowd to cheers
Fans could be seen sweating in the Brazilian heat as temperatures reached 100F
Taylor Swift performs on stage during The Eras Tour at Estadio Olimpico Nilton Santos in Rio
“There are people here who need water, maybe 30, 30, 40 feet away,” she said, pointing to a group on the arena floor.
“So whoever is in charge of giving them that, just make sure that happens.” Can I get a signal that you know where they are?’
“Do you see the phones?” Swift could be heard talking to her team offstage as the crowd chanted, “Water, water, water, water.”
In another part of the show, Swift continued to sing while throwing a bottle of water into the crowd.
The Eras Tour has two more shows in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday and Sunday before heading to São Paulo, Brazil next weekend for the final stop of the 2023 tour leg.
Taylor Swift fan Ally Anderson died on November 13 at the age of 16 after a five-year battle with cancer. She is pictured heading to the singer’s Eras Tour concert in Cincinnati on July 1
Ally was taken from her seat and brought to the front of the stage during the show, where Swift presented her with the black fedora from her ’22’ costume
Earlier on Friday, a 16-year-old Taylor Swift fan who received the singer’s “22” hat during her Eras Tour stop in Cincinnati died after a five-year battle with cancer.
Ally Anderson was diagnosed in 2018 at the age of 11 with stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, an aggressive and rare cancer of the soft tissues. She died on November 13, according to People.
When the teen attended Swift’s concert in Cincinnati on July 1, she was removed from her seat and taken to the front of the stage.
The smiling pop star danced over and placed her black fedora from her ’22’ costume on her head as she covered her mouth in disbelief.
Ally’s mother, Patty Garner Anderson, told People that this special moment “changed my daughter’s life tremendously.”
Patty explained that she and her daughter were longtime Swift fans, recalling how Ally was eight years old when she attended the pop star’s World Tour in 1989 (pictured)
The moment was unforgettable for both Ally and her mother, Patty Garner Anderson, who was in the audience with her.
“It has changed my daughter’s life tremendously,” she told People. “I hadn’t seen Ally smile and laugh like that in a long time.”
Ally shared a video of herself wearing the fedora on TikTok with the caption: “What happened.” She also posted footage of the moment Swift gave her the gift.
‘There are no words to describe what it felt like to be pulled from my chairs to the ground. I knew immediately,” she wrote. Taylor was my first concert so many years ago. Quite a round moment, to be honest.’