Overview
- Her boyfriend, Roy Hernandez, told TMZ that Chase died on Tuesday after developing meningitis and serious blood infections that led to septic complications.
- Reports say she was hospitalized earlier in June for malnutrition and that Hernandez launched a GoFundMe in the days before her death to cover medical care.
- News outlets have widely repeated the boyfriend’s account but no independent medical authority or separate family statement had been published at the time of reporting.
- Chase rose to fame in the early 2000s as the voice of Lilo in Lilo & Stitch and as Samara in The Ring, and her last credited screen work is listed from 2016.
- Her death highlights the gap between early fame and later life struggles for some child actors and may prompt renewed attention to health and financial supports for performers out of the spotlight.