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Daveigh Chase - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

Daveigh Elizabeth Chase (born Chase-Schwallier; July 24, 1990 – June 16, 2026) /dəˈveɪ/ də-VAY[1] was an American actress. She first came to prominence as a child actress, portraying Samantha Darko in the cult classic film Donnie Darko (2001) and voicing the characters of Chihiro Ogino in the English dub of the Studio Ghibli film Spirited Away (2001) and Lilo Pelekai in the Walt Disney Animation Studios animated feature film Lilo & Stitch (2002). For her performance in the latter, she won an Annie Award in 2003, and she continued to voice Lilo in its subsequent media franchise.

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[-] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 115 points 3 months ago

Well this is a HELL OF A WAY to find out someone died

[-] smegger@aussie.zone 55 points 3 months ago

Sad that funding for treatment may have been a factor in her death. If only there was universal health care.

[-] Canconda@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 months ago
[-] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago

Yeah never imagined S. Darko, Spirited Away, and Lilo (and Stich) were all the same person

[-] Canconda@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Must have been a good actor

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 8 points 3 months ago

seems likely had anorexia(the wiki state she had malnutrion, and weightloss) which can be ED or another disease. due to that weakened immune system she had blood infection and that resulted in meningitis( the bacterium responsible for meningitis)

[-] RegularJoe@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Sorry. I saw it several times posted on entertainment (and horror) pages.

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