{"id":2474460,"date":"2026-06-25T00:07:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T00:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2474460"},"modified":"2026-06-25T00:07:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T00:07:25","slug":"daveigh-chases-friend-remembers-her-after-unexpected-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/daveigh-chases-friend-remembers-her-after-unexpected-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Daveigh Chase’s Friend Remembers Her After Unexpected Death"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Daveigh Chase<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s friend is remembering the good times they shared in the wake of her unexpected death.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was just special. Everyone I know would say the exact same thing \u2013 she was beautiful and cool and she was that cool girl who doesn\u2019t exist anymore,\u201d a source who was once close to Chase exclusively tells Us Weekly<\/em> of the late actress. \u201cShe was cool before influencers. She was not trying, she was just cool. She was effortless. She was the kind of girl that everyone wanted to know.\u201d<\/p>\n

The friend, who asked not to be named, met Chase in 2009 while out in Hollywood.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought she was a cool, hot girl. And I asked, \u2018Can I get a photo of you?\u2019 That\u2019s how it started,\u201d the friend recalls. \u201cLater on someone told me she was Daveigh, the girl in The Ring<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n Related: <\/span>How Did ‘The Ring’ Child Star Daveigh Chase Die? What to Know So Far<\/span><\/a>
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\n\t\t\tFormer child star Daveigh Chase, the voice behind Disney\u2019s beloved Lilo in Lilo & Stitch and the haunting Samara in The Ring, has died at 35. Chase\u2019s boyfriend, Roy Hernandez, confirmed the news to TMZ on June 17, 2026, revealing that the late actress had been battling meningitis and a serious blood infection prior to [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

After connecting, Chase and the source grew close after learning they \u201chad a lot of mutual friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe would always bring out new people. She was the kind of person if she met a new friend she would bring them out,\u201d the friend tells Us. \u201cShe was gracious and always sharing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The source adds that Chase was \u201cso cool\u201d and \u201cnice to everyone\u201d she met.<\/p>\n

As the friend continued to get to know Chase, they recall that the actress \u201cnever talked about work\u201d or her previous success.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe never talked about The Ring or Lilo and Stitch. She wasn\u2019t that kind of person,\u201d the source tells Us, adding that Chase \u201cworked on a couple small films here and there but never talked about acting or retiring.\u201d<\/p>\n

The source shares that they \u201cnever saw\u201d Chase \u201cstruggling\u201d personally.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was just having fun when we hung out,\u201d they reflect. \u201cShe partied like any other young girl her age in Hollywood. I wouldn\u2019t say she partied any more or less than anyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n

The friend admits that they and Chase \u201cnaturally lost touch\u201d over the years, adding that around 2015 was the last time the pair had spent time together. The source shares they learned from mutual friends that Chase was struggling with her housing situation.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tDaveigh Chase\u2018s boyfriend, Roy Hernandez, launched a GoFundMe to raise money so she could feel a \u201csense of home and peace\u201d in the days leading up to her untimely death. Hernandez remembered Chase \u2014 who died on Tuesday, June 16, after contracting meningitis and a blood infection that caused sepsis \u2014 as a constant \u201clight [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cPeople really loved her and cared about her and offered her help,\u201d the source says. \u201cIf you talked to anyone, everyone asked about her and worried about her and cared about her.\u201d<\/p>\n

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