Hollywood movie star Daveigh Chase has died at the age of 35 after being hospitalized for malnutrition.
The actress's boyfriend confirmed her shocking death on Tuesday, revealing a painful health battle that involved meningitis, a blood infection and sepsis.
Chase was admitted to a hospital in Los Angeles in early June. Her condition deteriorated, and she was pronounced dead on Tuesday.
Her partner, Roy Hernandez, had been pleading for help to fund her care via multiple GoFundMe campaigns in the weeks before her death.
Chase found fame as a child star in 2002 with her haunting portrayal of Samara Morgan in The Ring.
She slipped out of the spotlight in 2013 and retreated from public view entirely in 2017, when she posted on social media for the last time.
Over the next few years, the star was arrested multiple times on a variety of charges from joyriding in stealing cars to drug possession. Her partner describes a bitter feud with her family, and a desperate fight for them to get off the streets.
In a tragic premonition of her own death, she was questioned in 2017 after dropping an unconscious man off outside of a hospital and driving away. He later died of a drug overdose.
Hollywood movie and TV star Daveigh Chase has died at the age of 35. Seen in 2012
She passed away on Tuesday after developing sepsis from meningitis and an infection in her blood, her boyfriend Roy Hernandez shared with TMZ. Seen in 2012
Hernandez, Chase's partner, said the pair were homeless in the years before her death.
In one of his fundraisers, her partner pleaded: 'Daveigh Chase, my girlfriend, has always been a light in my life... But behind the scenes, she’s faced more than her share of hardship.'
'After a difficult childhood and a painful falling out with her family, Daveigh was bullied and struggled to find safety and happiness in downtown LA. When we met, I promised to protect her and give her the love and comfort she deserved.
'Together, we found moments of happiness and hope.'
He continued: 'Recently, everything changed. Daveigh was diagnosed with meningitis and several serious blood infections. Her condition has become critical, and the doctors have told me she may not have much time left. All she ever wanted was a place where we could live together, feel safe, and be happy.
'Now, more than ever, I want to give her that sense of home and peace in her final days.
'I understand we all go through things, but if you can help, I will be really grateful for anything.'
Chase has not been seen on social media since 2017, and her last red carpet appearance was at a Vogue dinner in April 2013.
In 2002 she voiced the character of Lilo in the animated classic Lilo & Stitch
She had several run-ins with the law. In November 2017, she was arrested in Los Angeles for joyriding in a stolen car.
Chase was reportedly a passenger in a BMW that police officers pulled over in Hollywood, according to the site.
The actress was reportedly booked for being in a car without the owner's consent, which, the website reported, is a felony. The driver was also booked.
The former child star terrified moviegoers in 2002's The Ring in which she played the ghostly Samara Morgan
With Naomi Watts in the box-office smash hit movie The Ring
An investigation was opened to determine who stole the BMW as Chase was held in jail on $25,000 bond.
It was not the first run-in with the law for the star.
In February 2017, she was arrested by LAPD detectives after she allegedly left a dying man outside a hospital.
Chase had reportedly been hanging out with the man in the early hours of February 15 before she left him at the hospital's front door and fled.
Her last red carpet appearance was at Vogue's Triple Threats dinner hosted by Sally Singer and Lisa Love at Goldie's in April 2013 in Los Angeles
Police ran her name and discovered an outstanding warrant out against her for an unrelated misdemeanor traffic violation, leading to her arrest, TMZ reported at the time.
Chase was not a suspect in the man's death, which was believed to be caused by an overdose.
Her sad final days are a far cry from the wholesome Hollywood stardom she once enjoyed.
She was beloved for her voice role as Lilo in the hit 2002 Disney film Lilo & Stitch and the follow-up TV show, and she voiced Chihiro Ogino in Spirited Away.
In 2006, she played Rhonda Volmer in 32 episodes of the series Big Love with Chloe Sevigny about a polygamist Mormon family.
Other appearances included roles in Donnie Darko, Beethoven's 5th, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, ER and Mercy.
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