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Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Journalist confirms cause of death as Ana Clara Benevides died of Pulmonary hemorrhage during Taylor Swift concert in Brazil.
A few minutes later, medical teams confirmed that Ms. Benevides was dead after going into cardiac arrest. According to a preliminary coroner’s report, she had suffered a pulmonary hemorrhage. More tests are being conducted to determine the cause of death. Ms. Benevides had no pre-existing illnesses and experts say that the most likely reason for her death was a reaction to extreme temperature.
Undergoing an extreme heatwave that increased temperatures by an average of 5ºC, according to the National Institute of Meteorology, thermometers in Rio de Janeiro went above 40ºC on the day of Taylor Swift’s first show. The heat index inside the stadium was close to 60ºC. According to extreme weather researcher Maximiliano Herrera, that was “arguably the highest” index in the history of the Americas.
She added: “I want to say now feel this loss deeply and broken heart goes out to her family and friends. This is the last thing I ever thought thing would happen when we decided to bring this tour to Brazil.”
According to The Sun newspaper, Benevides had been at the railing near the stage and was one of 1,000 unofficially recorded fainting spells at the concert.
At one point, Taylor stopped the show to make sure that fans were given bottles of water amid the intense heat.
Pop time wrote: “Causa da morte de Ana Clara Benevides foi ‘hemorragia pulmonar’, aponta laudo.
“Segundo delegada do caso, o “calor, insolação e desidratação são alguns desses fatores, mas sem o resultado dos exames, não dá para afirmar ainda”.
In a handwritten note posted to Instagram, Taylor wrote: “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. I can’t even tell you how devastated I am. There’s very little information I have other than the fact that she was incredibly beautiful and far too young. 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. “
The “Anti-Hero” singer concluded her note by saying she felt the loss “deeply” and admitted that writing about the death of a fan at one of her shows had never crossed her mind when she jetted off to the Southern American country.
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