The Los Angeles Coroner’s Office has announced a explanation for death for Daveigh Chase, who voiced Lilo in “Lilo & Stitch” and starred in “The Ring.” Chase died June 17 in Los Angeles at 35.
Chase, who also went by Daveigh Schwallier, died of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or AIDS, in response to the coroner’s office. A secondary cause was listed as “chronic polysubstance use.” Chase’s father, John David Schwallier, told the Recent York Times that she had been homeless and had struggled with drugs because the age of 13. He had not spoken along with her in a few years, he said.
After Chase stopped acting around 2016, her legal troubles included being charged with riding in a stolen automobile and possession of a controlled substance.
After Chase broke out along with her voice role as Lilo, she went on to voice “Stitch! The Movie” (2003), “Leroy & Stitch” (2006) and Disney Channel’s “Lilo & Stitch: The Series.” In HBO’s “Big Love,” she played Rhonda Volmer, the teenager who was a toddler bride of fundamentalist prophet Roman Grant.
She played the creepy girl Samara Morgan in horror hit “The Ring” in addition to Samantha Darko, the younger sister of Jake Gyllenhaal’s lead character in “Donnie Darko,” and appeared within the direct-to-video sequel, “S. Darko,” in 2009.