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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 86 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

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

[–] smegger@aussie.zone 40 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Must have been a good actor

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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 2 points 2 weeks ago

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