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Daveigh Chase, a former child actor known for voicing Lilo in Disney's animated Lilo & Stitch and playing Samara in The Ring, has died. She was 35.
"Daveigh was the sweetest woman on the planet and this is a huge loss to all of us," John Ryan Jr., a representative for Chase, told Yahoo. "Daveigh was one of my best friends for the last 17 years and we've managed her for over a decade. We were in the middle of a documentary about her during this tragic passing."
TMZ was first to report Chase's death. Her boyfriend, Roy Hernandez, told TMZ that she died on Tuesday after battling both meningitis and an infection in her blood. He said it had led to septic shock. Hernandez told the outlet that she was hospitalized for malnutrition earlier in June.
"Daveigh was the sweetest woman on the planet and this is a huge loss to all of us," John Ryan Jr., a representative for Chase, told Yahoo. "Daveigh was one of my best friends for the last 17 years and we've managed her for over a decade. We were in the middle of a documentary about her during this tragic passing."
TMZ was first to report Chase's death. Her boyfriend, Roy Hernandez, told TMZ that she died on Tuesday after battling both meningitis and an infection in her blood. He said it had led to septic shock. Hernandez told the outlet that she was hospitalized for malnutrition earlier in June.
