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"Daveigh Chase, who voiced Lilo in Disney’s original animated movie “Lilo &
Stitch” and terrified audiences as Samara Morgan in “The Ring,” died Tuesday in
Los Angeles. She was 35.
Chase’s boyfriend told
TMZ, which broke the news of her death, that she died
from meningitis and an infection in her blood after being hospitalized in Los
Angeles for malnutrition earlier this month. Her father also confirmed her
death to the
New York Times, saying that she had been homeless and living in
Los Angeles with her boyfriend. He told the newspaper she had been struggling
with drugs since the age of 13.
Chase got her big break by voicing Lilo Pelekai, the young Hawaiian protagonist
in Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch,” in 2002. For her role, she won an Annie Award for
outstanding voice acting in an animated feature production and went on to lend
her voice to several spinoffs, like “Stitch! The Movie” (2003), “Leroy &
Stitch” (2006) and Disney Channel’s “Lilo & Stitch: The Series.”
She also voiced the lead character Chihiro Ogino in the English-dubbed version
of Hayao Miyazaki’s hit Japanese animated movie “Spirited Away.”"
RIP,
*** Xanni ***
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