Daveigh Chase, the former child star celebrated for her roles in The Ring and Lilo & Stitch, has passed away at the age of 35. Her death occurred on Tuesday, as confirmed by her boyfriend, Roy Hernandez, to TMZ.
Details of Her Passing
Hernandez disclosed that Chase was admitted to a Los Angeles hospital earlier this month due to malnutrition. This week, she succumbed to meningitis and a blood infection that led to sepsis. The actress had largely stepped away from the public eye in recent years but left a lasting mark on entertainment during her youth.
Career Highlights
Chase voiced the beloved character Lilo in Disney's 2002 animated film Lilo & Stitch and its subsequent TV series. She also delivered a chilling performance as the supernatural villain Samara in the 2002 horror classic The Ring, earning an MTV Award for Best Movie Villain. Her other notable credits include Samantha in Donnie Darko (2001) and the voice of Chihiro Ogino in the American dub of Spirited Away. From 2006 to 2011, she portrayed Rhonda Volmer on the HBO drama Big Love, which centered on a fundamentalist Mormon family in Utah.
Tributes
In a tribute on a newly created GoFundMe page, Hernandez described Chase as “a light in my life” and noted that she had faced “more than her share of hardships” over the years.
