{"id":2018625,"date":"2026-06-30T07:59:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T04:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2018625"},"modified":"2026-06-30T07:59:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T04:59:46","slug":"the-ring-and-lilo-stitch-actor-daveigh-chases-cause-of-death-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2018625","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Ring\u2019 and \u2018Lilo &amp; Stitch\u2019 actor Daveigh Chase\u2019s cause of death confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DaveighChasenewsstory.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><span>Film News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">\u2018The Ring\u2019 and \u2018Lilo &amp; Stitch\u2019 actor Daveigh Chase\u2019s cause of death confirmed<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>She died in hospital earlier this month<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Tom Skinner<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-06-30T08:59:46+01:00\">30th June 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DaveighChasenewsstory-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Daveigh Chase, photo by Jordan Strauss\/Getty\" title=\"DaveighChasenewsstory\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Daveigh Chase. CREDIT: Jordan Strauss\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><em>The Ring <\/em>and<em>\u00a0Lilo &amp; Stitch\u00a0<\/em>actor Daveigh Chase died of AIDS in connection with drug use, according to a medical report.<\/p>\n<p>As <em>Consequence<\/em> reports, a Los Angeles County deputy medical examiner ruled the cause of death for the 35-year-old as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), which is the condition caused by HIV.<\/p>\n<p>The medical report also cited \u201cchronic polysubstance use\u201d as a \u201csignificant condition\u201d for Chase, who died in hospital on June 16.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Centers For Disease Control, polysubstance use is defined \u201cwhen two or more drugs are taken together, either intentionally or unintentionally\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether intentional or not, mixing drugs is never safe because the effects from combining drugs may be stronger and more unpredictable than one drug alone, and even deadly,\u201d it adds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"dfe-block dfe-callout dfe-callout--standard\">Chase\u2019s manager, John Ryan, had previously said the actor had passed away from sepsis after suffering from meningitis.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cShe was the greatest. She loved cats. She worked with cat rescues with us. She was very to herself,\u201d he told <em>BBC News<\/em>, noting that Chase would often retreat to her home in Las Vegas for years at a time and turn down big studio films to do independent projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was not very Hollywood,\u201d Ryan continued. \u201cShe\u2019d rather eat at Bob\u2019s Big Boy and go home with the cats. She loved acting but wasn\u2019t into the fame scene.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chase landed her first TV role in Hollywood at around the age of seven, when she landed a small part in the sitcom <em>Sabrina The Teenage Witch<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Her Hollywood breakthrough came in 2001 when she appeared as Samantha Darko, the sister of Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal) and later played the lead role in the 2009 sequel\u00a0<em>S Darko<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2002, she played Samara Morgan, the long-haired ghost that crawls out of the TV \u2013 in the horror film <em>The Ring<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 an American remake of the Japanese classic about a videotape that makes people die after they watch it.<\/p>\n<p>That same year, Chase voiced the character Lilo in the animated version of <em>Lilo &amp; Stitch.\u00a0<\/em>The part earned her an Annie Award for best voice acting in an animated feature production. She continued to voice the character in later spin-offs.<\/p>\n<p>Chase also earned the Best Villain statue at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards for <em>The Ring<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/the-ring-lilo-stitch-star-daveigh-chase-has-died-aged-35-3951594\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Chase had a series of legal run-ins later in life, including being charged with drug possession and joyriding in a stolen car, according to\u00a0<em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_89 \">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\">\n<h3>You May Also Like<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_91  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span4 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td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><em>The Ring <\/em>and<em>\u00a0Lilo &amp; Stitch\u00a0<\/em>actor Daveigh Chase died of AIDS in connection with drug use, according to a medical report.<\/p>\n<p>As <em>Consequence<\/em> reports, a Los Angeles County deputy medical examiner ruled the cause of death for the 35-year-old as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), which is the condition caused by HIV.<\/p>\n<p>The medical report also cited \u201cchronic polysubstance use\u201d as a \u201csignificant condition\u201d for Chase, who died in hospital on June 16.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Centers For Disease Control, polysubstance use is defined \u201cwhen two or more drugs are taken together, either intentionally or unintentionally\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether intentional or not, mixing drugs is never safe because the effects from combining drugs may be stronger and more unpredictable than one drug alone, and even deadly,\u201d it adds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"dfe-block dfe-callout dfe-callout--standard\">Chase\u2019s manager, John Ryan, had previously said the actor had passed away from sepsis after suffering from meningitis.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cShe was the greatest. She loved cats. She worked with cat rescues with us. She was very to herself,\u201d he told <em>BBC News<\/em>, noting that Chase would often retreat to her home in Las Vegas for years at a time and turn down big studio films to do independent projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was not very Hollywood,\u201d Ryan continued. \u201cShe\u2019d rather eat at Bob\u2019s Big Boy and go home with the cats. She loved acting but wasn\u2019t into the fame scene.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chase landed her first TV role in Hollywood at around the age of seven, when she landed a small part in the sitcom <em>Sabrina The Teenage Witch<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Her Hollywood breakthrough came in 2001 when she appeared as Samantha Darko, the sister of Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal) and later played the lead role in the 2009 sequel\u00a0<em>S Darko<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2002, she played Samara Morgan, the long-haired ghost that crawls out of the TV \u2013 in the horror film <em>The Ring<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 an American remake of the Japanese classic about a videotape that makes people die after they watch it.<\/p>\n<p>That same year, Chase voiced the character Lilo in the animated version of <em>Lilo &amp; Stitch.\u00a0<\/em>The part earned her an Annie Award for best voice acting in an animated feature production. She continued to voice the character in later spin-offs.<\/p>\n<p>Chase also earned the Best Villain statue at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards for <em>The Ring<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/the-ring-lilo-stitch-star-daveigh-chase-has-died-aged-35-3951594\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Chase had a series of legal run-ins later in life, including being charged with drug possession and joyriding in a stolen car, according to\u00a0<em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/the-ring-lilo-stitch-star-daveigh-chase-has-died-aged-35-3951594\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Chase had a series of legal run-ins later in life, including being charged with drug possession and joyriding in a stolen car, according to\u00a0<em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/film\/the-ring-and-lilo-stitch-actor-daveigh-chases-cause-of-death-confirmed-3954057&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DaveighChasenewsstory.jpg&#8221;] NewsFilm News \u2018The Ring\u2019 and \u2018Lilo &amp; Stitch\u2019 actor Daveigh Chase\u2019s cause of death confirmed She died in hospital earlier this month By Tom Skinner 30th June 2026 Daveigh Chase. CREDIT: Jordan Strauss\/Getty The Ring and\u00a0Lilo &amp; Stitch\u00a0actor Daveigh Chase died of AIDS in connection with drug use, according to a medical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-2018625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2018625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018625\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2018625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2018625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2018625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}