Former child actor Daveigh Chase, best known for her work in Lilo & Stitch and The Ring, died on June 16, 2026, after suffering from a string of health issues. She was 35. While Chase’s official cause of death has not been disclosed, one of her loved ones revealed how she spent her final days.
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As previously noted, Chase was best known as a former child actor who voiced the character Lilo in Disney’s 2002 Lilo & Stitch and the television series. She was also famous for embodying Samara Morgan in the iconic 2002 horror movie The Ring, for which she won the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain.
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Throughout her acting career, Chase also starred in Big Love, Donnie Darko, Beethoven’s 5th, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, ER and Mercy.
While an official cause of death has not been released yet, Chase died from meningitis and blood infections, leading to septic issues and an ultimate shutdown of her body, her boyfriend, Roy Hernandez, told TMZ on June 17, 2026.
The outlet further reported that Chase had been admitted to a hospital in Los Angeles, California, earlier that month due to malnutrition.
