(Grey Information) – Daveigh Chase, the actress who voiced Lilo within the beloved 2002 Disney movie “Lilo & Sew,” died of AIDS, based on the health worker’s workplace.
Chase, 35, whose authorized title was Daveigh Schwallier, died at a hospital June 16.
“Persistent polysubstance use” was additionally listed as a contributing trigger to her demise.
On a current GoFundMe web page, her boyfriend wrote, “Daveigh was identified with meningitis and a number of other severe blood infections. Her situation has turn into vital, and the medical doctors have informed me she could not have a lot time left.”
Chase’s father, John David Schwallier, confirmed to The New York Occasions she died from problems of bacterial meningitis and a blood an infection. She had been homeless in Los Angeles along with her boyfriend close to the hospital the place she died, he informed the newspaper.
Chase continued to voice Lilo within the Disney Channel sequence “Lilo & Sew” that adopted the movie’s success. The present ran from 2003 to 2006 and had 67 episodes.
Chase was additionally identified for her position as Samara Morgan within the 2002 horror movie “The Ring.”
In response to her IMDb web page, Chase additionally appeared within the 2001 movie “Donnie Darko” and had roles in single episodes of hit reveals like “ER,” “Charmed” and “Sabrina the Teenage Witch.”
She was born July 24, 1990, in Las Vegas and raised in Albany, Oregon. In her small hometown, she started singing and dancing at age 3, based on IMDb.
Chase struggled with medicine since she was 13 years outdated, Schwallier stated in an interview with the Occasions. He stated his daughter was estranged from her dad and mom, who’re divorced.
Schwallier stated he was in contact with Chase’s boyfriend, and simply earlier than she died, arrived on the Los Angeles hospital the place she was being handled.
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