Former child star Daveigh Chase died Tuesday at the age of 35. Image courtesy of UPI
June 18 (UPI) -- Daveigh Chase -- an actress known for her work in Lilo & Stitch, The Ring and Big Love -- has died at the age of 35.
Her father, John David Schwallier, told The New York Times Chase died Tuesday in a Los Angeles hospital of complications of bacterial meningitis and a blood infection after years of battling an addiction to drugs.
The California Post spoke with John Ryan, Chase's manager of more than a decade, who said he and Chase's stepsister, Gaia Brown, hired a private investigator about a year ago to find and help her after a video was posted online showing her emaciated-looking and living in squalor on Skid Row.
"We were so close to finding her," Ryan told The Post, "Daveigh was the sweetest and brightest light in Hollywood. I can't believe this is real. Her legacy and work will live on forever."
