Overview
- Multiple outlets report that a man identifying himself as Daveigh Chase’s boyfriend told TMZ she died on June 16 after meningitis and several blood infections led to septic complications.
- Sources say Chase was admitted to a Los Angeles hospital earlier in June for malnutrition before her condition worsened with infections.
- A GoFundMe tied to the man who spoke to reporters was launched days before her death to pay for care and end‑of‑life needs.
- Several former associates have questioned the fundraiser and the identity of the man who launched it, and no public statement from Chase’s family or an independent medical or coroner’s report has been released.
- Chase built a widely remembered career as a child actor—voicing Lilo in Lilo & Stitch and playing Samara in The Ring—but largely stepped away from acting after 2016 and faced reported legal and personal struggles in later years.