LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former baby actor Daveigh Chase’s dying on June 16 was because of AIDS, the workplace of the County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner reported.
The reason for dying for Chase, 35, was acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, in line with on-line medical expert information from this week that listed her final title as Schwallier. “Continual polysubstance abuse” was listed beneath “different vital situations.”
Chase was identified for voicing the lead function of Lilo in Disney’s “Lilo & Sew” and her efficiency within the 2002 horror movie “The Ring.”
After her dying in a Los Angeles hospital, her father John David Schwallier, confirmed to The New York Instances that she died from issues of bacterial meningitis and a blood an infection. She was homeless in Los Angeles together with her boyfriend, he stated.
Chase struggled with medication since she was 13 years previous, Schwallier instructed the Instances. He stated his daughter was estranged from her dad and mom, who’re divorced.
In a textual content message to The Related Press on Tuesday about AIDS being the reason for dying, her father stated, “I do know together with her life-style that was most likely the conclusion so I’m not shocked.”
Calling her dying tragic, he added, “It will’ve been good for all of you to seek out her and attempt to assist her that may’ve been a nicer story than this.”
Chase auditioned for Lilo at age 8. For her function because the long-haired Samara in “The Ring,” she gained an MTV Film Award for finest villain.
Chase additionally voiced one other lead within the 2001 animated movie “Spirited Away.” She had roles within the 2001 film “Donnie Darko” and the 2003 present “Oliver Beene,” in line with her profile web page on the web film database IMDb.com.
She was born in Las Vegas and raised within the small city of Albany, Oregon. She started singing and dancing at age 3, in line with IMDb.
