{"id":2480833,"date":"2026-06-29T18:33:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2480833"},"modified":"2026-06-29T18:33:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:33:11","slug":"the-ring-actress-daveigh-chases-cause-of-death-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-ring-actress-daveigh-chases-cause-of-death-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Ring\u201d actress Daveigh Chase&#8217;s cause of death revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Key points<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The cause of death for Daveigh Chase has been revealed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Chase died June 16 at 35.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Roy Hernandez, a man identifying himself as Chase&#8217;s boyfriend, previously told TMZ that she died following complications from sepsis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The cause of death for Daveigh Chase has been revealed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <em>Lilo &amp; Stitch<\/em> actress was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/daveigh-chase-dead-lilo-and-stitch-the-ring-12000920\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:reported dead;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;reported dead&quot;}\" class=\"link \">reported dead<\/a> at 35 two weeks ago after Roy Hernandez, a man identifying himself as her boyfriend, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/06\/17\/daveigh-chase-dead\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:told TMZ;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;told TMZ&quot;}\" class=\"link \">told TMZ<\/a> that she died from complications from sepsis and a blood infection on June 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Monday, the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner ruled the cause of death to be acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), with chronic polysubstance use listed as a significant condition.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Daveigh Chase in Los Angeles in 2012<br \/>Credit: Todd Williamson\/WireImage<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/help-daveigh-chase-find-comfort-together?attribution_id=c365e712-d61e-433e-a813-a790b3e67722\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:GoFundMe campaign;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;GoFundMe campaign&quot;}\" class=\"link \">GoFundMe campaign<\/a> established the day before Chase&#8217;s death, Hernandez said the actress had received a terminal diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;When she started losing weight, she finally agreed to go to the hospital, and that&#8217;s when we learned how serious her condition was,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;The doctors told me the medicine isn&#8217;t working, and that she is passing away. Despite everything, Daveigh wants to spend her remaining time with me, comfortable and together, rather than in a hospital.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Speaking to the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/tvshowbiz\/article-15914703\/Daveigh-Chase-death-ring-drug-mother.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Daily Mail;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Daily Mail&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><em>Daily Mail<\/em><\/a>, Chase&#8217;s mother Cathy believes that her daughter&#8217;s addiction began when she was prescribed oxycodone and other painkillers after injuring her back in a motorcycle accident around 2016. &#8220;She was seeking drugs and was partying with the wrong people,&#8221; <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/daveigh-chase-mother-says-actress-struggled-with-addiction-after-injury-12003469\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:she said;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;she said&quot;}\" class=\"link \">she said<\/a>. &#8220;I never kicked my daughter out. She wanted freedom and these people got her hooked on some drugs. That was the beginning.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Daveigh&#8217;s former manager, John Ryan Jr., <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/daveigh-chase-manager-says-she-was-missing-for-over-10-years-before-her-death-12002052\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:previously told Entertainment Weekly;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;previously told Entertainment Weekly&quot;}\" class=\"link \">previously told <em>Entertainment Weekly<\/em><\/a> that the actress checked into &#8220;a couple rehabs,&#8221; but indicated that she was struggling more with &#8220;drinking than heavy drugs,&#8221; and said that she was &#8220;sober [for] a while&#8221; by the time he lost touch with her in late 2015.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Chase was best known for playing the young ghost haunting a cursed video tape in 2002&#8217;s <em>The Ring<\/em> and for voicing Lilo in the original <em>Lilo &amp; Stitch<\/em>. She also portrayed Jake Gyllenhaal&#8217;s sister in <em>Donnie Darko<\/em> and later played a supporting role on HBO&#8217;s <em>Big Love<\/em>. Other projects included <em>Betsy&#8217;s Kindergarten Adventures<\/em>, <em>Oliver Beene<\/em>, and the American dub of <em>Spirited Away<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Chase&#8217;s last screen appearances came in the 2016 movies <em>Jack Goes Home<\/em> and <em>American Romance<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Daveigh Chase in 'The Ring'Credit: Merrick Morton\/Dreamworks\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/9esb27y0vCxEX4FPfKrwYg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/entertainment_weekly_785\/d6ddf59b6d1c4cf23d8458d89b1c02c2\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Daveigh Chase in &#8216;The Ring&#8217;<br \/>Credit: Merrick Morton\/Dreamworks<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><em>Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our<\/em><\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ew-dispatch-newsletter-11812417\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:EW Dispatch newsletter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;EW Dispatch newsletter&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><strong><em> EW Dispatch newsletter<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In her <em>Daily Mail <\/em>interview, Cathy said that she visited her daughter in jail after several <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2017\/11\/28\/the-ring-star-daveigh-chase-arrested-riding-in-stolen-car\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:run-ins;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;run-ins&quot;}\" class=\"link \">run-ins<\/a> with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/daveigh-chase-creepy-girl-ring-arrested-drug-possession-charge-211900840.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:law enforcement;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;law enforcement&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">law enforcement<\/a>, and that the last time she saw the actress in person was in October 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;She was completely gone, like, out of her mind,&#8221; Cathy told the outlet. &#8220;I honestly thought there was something wrong with her. My daughter was never diagnosed with mental health other than PTSD. But the drugs took hold of her &#8230; She went back to the streets and I couldn&#8217;t find her. I will live forever feeling I failed her.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/daveigh-chase-cause-of-death-revealed-12001392\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Entertainment Weekly;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Entertainment Weekly&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key points The cause of death for Daveigh Chase has been revealed. Chase died June 16 at 35. Roy Hernandez, a man identifying himself as Chase&#8217;s boyfriend, previously told TMZ that she died following complications from sepsis. The cause of death for Daveigh Chase has been revealed. 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