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Daveigh Chase, star of 'The Ring' and 'Lilo & Stitch,' dead at 35 12%
By BreAnna Bell0%
6/17/2026, 10:12:08 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 19 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Recency Bias, and Anecdotal, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 20.2% saturation with 96 hits. Analysis detected 670 faulty-reasoning hits from 475 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 28.9% and a BS Rank of 12% (19,280 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 88.10% of the article peer group.
Former child actress Daveigh Chase, known for her roles in “The Ring” and “Lilo & Stitch,” has died.
She was 35 years old.
Chase died on Tuesday following a case of meningitis and an infection in her blood, which caused her to suffer septic issues and led to her body shutting down, according to her boyfriend Roy Hernandez.
TMZ was the first to report this news.
Chase found fame after she landed the lead role as Lilo in Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch” film in 2002.
She also reprised her role in the franchise's TV series.
Prior to her breakout role, she voiced the character of Chihiro Ogino in the American dub of “Spirited Away.”
Also in 2002, she gave a haunting performance as Samara Morgan in the horror classic, “The Ring,” which earned her an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain.
In 2024, a clip resurfaced from that 2003 MTV Movie Awards ceremony of the actress' awkward run-in with Diddy, who asked a then 12-year-old Chase, “You coming to the afterparty tonight?”
In 2006, she landed a recurring role in HBO's “Big Love” as Rhonda Volmer.
She made 32 appearances throughout the show's five-season run.
Her other credits include “Donnie Darko,” “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” “Beethoven's 5th,” “ER,” “Mercy” and more.
But her onscreen appearances ended after she starred in “American Romance” in 2016.
In recent months, the actress was said to be living on skid row in Downtown Los Angeles.
John Ryan, Chase's manager of more than a decade, exclusively told The Post that he and Chase’s stepsister, Gaia Brown, had enlisted the help of a private investigator about a year ago to track her down and get her some help.
At the end of 2025, Ryan said he was made aware of a video which allegedly showed Chase shockingly skinny and struggling on Skid Row.
Shortly before her death, a GoFundMe was created by her boyfriend to help Chase “find comfort and peace” in her final days.
“Daveigh Chase, my girlfriend, has always been a light in my life.
Many people know her as a talented childhood actor from ‘Lilo & Stitch,’ ‘Spirited Away,’ and ‘Donnie Darko.’
But behind the scenes, she’s faced more than her share of hardship,” the campaign reads.
“After a difficult childhood and a painful falling out with her family, Daveigh was bullied and struggled to find safety and happiness in downtown LA.
When we met, I promised to protect her and give her the love and comfort she deserved.
Together, we found moments of happiness and hope.
“All she ever wanted was a place where we could live together, feel safe, and be happy.
Now, more than ever, I want to give her that sense of home and peace in her final days,” Hernandez wrote.
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