The official cause of death of former child star Daveigh Chase was AIDS. The information was brought by the portal. The actress, who the audience knows mainly as the scary girl from the horror film The Circle or thanks to the voice she lent to Lilo in the animated film Lilo & Stitch, died on June 16 at the age of 35.
The Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s report lists AIDS as the primary cause of death, with other serious contributing factors – including chronic combined use of various addictive substances (so-called polysubstance use). At the same time, the medical report confirmed that Chase died in the hospital and it was Fr natural death.
Conflicting claims by a friend and a fundraiser
TMZ was the first to report on the death of the former actress. Her friend Roy Hernandez claimed to the media at the time that she had succumbed to inflammation of the brain membranes (meningitis) and “several serious blood infections”.
Hernandez has reported on her health condition before, in the description of a fundraiser on the GoFundMe platform, which he started while she was hospitalized. At the time, he wrote in the description that her condition was critical and the doctors informed him that she “doesn’t have much time left.”
However, after the death of the actress, her former manager and longtime friend John Ryan, through a statement to the Deadline portal, strongly urged fans not to contribute to the fundraiser in any way. He said the deceased’s estate would clearly cover the cost of the cremation and her father, John Schwallier, “never signed any power of attorney or documents to this so-called friend.”
“Myself, her father, her uncle and all her close friends who have known her for decades are urging people not to send money to this site. This person brought her to the hospital in a desperate state and didn’t let the family know until after she died – just so he could control what went public.” Schwallier stated.
Falling from the top to the bottom
After a successful childhood career, Chase gradually withdrew from the Hollywood spotlight. She last appeared on the red carpet in 2013. The last years of her life were extremely difficult – she struggled with severe drug addiction and ended up on the streets, living in Los Angeles’ infamous Skid Row homeless district.
