Daveigh Chase, ‘The Ring’ and ‘Lilo and Stitch’ Star, Dead at 35
Rolling Stone • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Daveigh Chase, known for voicing Lilo in Disney's Lilo & Stitch and starring as Samara Morgan in The Ring, has died at age 35 due to sepsis after battling meningitis.
- Her manager revealed she had been hospitalized for malnourishment prior to her death and described her as a private person who preferred independent projects over Hollywood fame.
- Chase gained early recognition with her role in Donnie Darko (2001) and its sequel S Darko (2009), and won an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain for The Ring (2002).
- She also won an Annie Award for Outstanding Voice Acting for her role as Lilo and appeared in TV shows including Big Love, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, ER, Mercy, and Beethoven’s 5th.
