Actor Daveigh Chase died on Tuesday. She was 35.
Chase was best known for voicing Lilo Pelekai in the Disney animated film Lilo & Stitch in 2002, and for her terrifying turn as Samara Morgan, the creepy little girl in the horror movie The Ring that same year.
A man claiming to be Chase's boyfriend, Roy Hernandez, told TMZ that the former child star had died from meningitis and an infection in her blood, after being hospitalised in Los Angeles for malnutrition earlier this month.
Just prior to the actor's death, Hernandez set up a GoFundMe in her name, but Chase's longtime manager, John Ryan, repudiated his claims.
"Apparently, a man claiming to be her 'boyfriend' that none of us friends or her family has heard of has set up a GoFundMe. I can confirm Daveigh has a trust account set up at SAG to cover all costs," Ryan told The New York Post.
Chase won an Annie Award for outstanding voice acting in an animated feature production for her turn as Lilo, and went on to lend her voice to several spinoffs, including Stitch! The Movie in 2003, Disney Channel's Lilo & Stitch: The Series also in 2003, and Leroy & Stitch in 2006.
Chase was best known for voicing Lilo Pelekai in the Disney animated film Lilo & Stitch in 2002, and for her terrifying turn as Samara Morgan, the creepy little girl in the horror movie The Ring that same year.
A man claiming to be Chase's boyfriend, Roy Hernandez, told TMZ that the former child star had died from meningitis and an infection in her blood, after being hospitalised in Los Angeles for malnutrition earlier this month.
Just prior to the actor's death, Hernandez set up a GoFundMe in her name, but Chase's longtime manager, John Ryan, repudiated his claims.
"Apparently, a man claiming to be her 'boyfriend' that none of us friends or her family has heard of has set up a GoFundMe. I can confirm Daveigh has a trust account set up at SAG to cover all costs," Ryan told The New York Post.
Chase won an Annie Award for outstanding voice acting in an animated feature production for her turn as Lilo, and went on to lend her voice to several spinoffs, including Stitch! The Movie in 2003, Disney Channel's Lilo & Stitch: The Series also in 2003, and Leroy & Stitch in 2006.
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