Overview
- Her death was reported to have occurred on Tuesday, June 16, and was first made public by her boyfriend before Chase’s father confirmed complications from bacterial meningitis and a blood infection.
- Reports say the infections advanced to sepsis, and multiple outlets note she had been hospitalized in Los Angeles earlier in June for malnutrition before her condition worsened.
- A GoFundMe launched days before her death by a man identifying himself as her boyfriend raised several thousand dollars and has been questioned by some friends and a former manager who say they do not recognize the organizer.
- Chase rose to prominence in 2002 as the voice of Lilo in Lilo & Stitch and as Samara in The Ring, roles that won industry awards and kept her widely remembered despite her stepping away from acting after 2016.
- Coverage combines immediate medical details and fundraising concerns with reporting on Chase’s later-life struggles, and no widely released medical records or a new public family statement adding further detail have been published.