Taylor Swift Fan With Cancer Who Got to Attend Eras Tour Dead at 28

Sammi Burke

Tessa Wiseman, a Taylor Swift fan who was discharged from the hospital just in time to attend the Eras Tour in Tampa earlier this year, has died. She was 28.

Wiseman, who was hospitalized in the weeks before Swift's April 15 concert date with an infection following chemotherapy treatment, passed peacefully on Sun. Aug. 13, according to her obituary.

She was diagnosed with an unnamed underlying condition at age 14 that eventually led to her initial cancer diagnosis at 21. "After beating it against all odds," she lived another five or so years before the cancer came back.

In February, she was mid-liver transplant when the surgery was called off after doctors at the Mayo Clinic found that her cancer had progressed. When she was hospitalized at Moffitt Cancer Center for the post-chemo infection, two of her care team's biggest goals were to get her healthy enough to go see Swift, and for a transplant.

Upon admission, “Taylor Swift Concert, 04/15” with a heart went up on the white board, and her college friend Ali Bohrer, who bought the tickets, flew to Tampa to decorate her hospital room in Taylor Swift gear.

Ultimately, Wiseman recovered from sepsis and was discharged just hours before the show, heading straight to the stadium from the medical complex, as reported by local NBC affiliate WFLA.

Wiseman attended Johns Hopkins University, and was a law student at the University of Virginia at the time of her death.

Wiseman is survived by parents Todd and Robin Wiseman, sister Taylor and her husband Matt—and her soon-to-be-born nephew, Brody—brother Trent and his wife Val—who was also meant to be her liver donor—and brother Todd, all of whom plan to continue walking with their heads held high and shining some of her light on the world, just as she did.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to one of Tessa's favorite organizations:

  • The American Association of Immigration Lawyers

  • The Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Cycle for Survival

  • Tessa Wiseman fund c/o Mark Yarchoan; The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Development Office; 750 East Pratt Street, 17th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202

A celebration of life is planned for Sept. 9 in St. Pete Beach, where the family plans to "capture her fun, easygoing spirit, knack for bringing community together, and love for the beach"—just like Wiseman wanted.

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