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06-17-2026, 06:13 PM
https://variety.com/2026/film/obituaries-people-news/daveigh-chase-dead-lilo-actor-the-ring-1236784015/
Daveigh Chase, best known for voicing Lilo in Disney's Lilo & Stitch and playing Samara Morgan in The Ring, passed away (https://www.wgal.com/article/daveigh-chase-lilo-stitch-and-the-ring-star-dead-at-35/71617504) on June 16, 2026, at the age of 35. Her boyfriend confirmed she died in a Los Angeles hospital from septic shock complicated by meningitis and a blood infection. Chase's career spanned a variety of iconic voice and live-action roles. Beyond her work in Lilo & Stitch and The Ring—for which she won an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain—she also voiced Chihiro Ogino in the English dub of the acclaimed Studio Ghibli film Spirited Away. In live-action, she starred as Rhonda Volmer in the HBO series Big Love and played Samantha Darko in the cult classic Donnie Darko.
Daveigh Chase, best known for voicing Lilo in Disney's Lilo & Stitch and playing Samara Morgan in The Ring, passed away (https://www.wgal.com/article/daveigh-chase-lilo-stitch-and-the-ring-star-dead-at-35/71617504) on June 16, 2026, at the age of 35. Her boyfriend confirmed she died in a Los Angeles hospital from septic shock complicated by meningitis and a blood infection. Chase's career spanned a variety of iconic voice and live-action roles. Beyond her work in Lilo & Stitch and The Ring—for which she won an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain—she also voiced Chihiro Ogino in the English dub of the acclaimed Studio Ghibli film Spirited Away. In live-action, she starred as Rhonda Volmer in the HBO series Big Love and played Samantha Darko in the cult classic Donnie Darko.