Child Star From ‘The Ring’ Has Died at 35

Todd Williamson / WireImageDaveigh Chase, best known for playing the iconic horror villain in The Ring, has died at 35. The former child actress died on Tuesday from a case of meningitis and an infection in her blood, TMZ reported. Last month, Chase was admitted to a Los Angeles hospital due to malnutrition. Chase first rose to stardom as Samantha Darko in the 2001 film Donnie Darko, before providing the voice of Lilo in the film Lilo Stitch a year later. She is perhaps best remembered as Samara Morgan, the child antagonist in the 2002 horror film, The Ring. Additional notable credits include voicing Chihiro Ogino in the American dubbed version of Spirited Away and a recurring role in HBO’s Big Love. Her boyfriend, Roy Hernandez, started a GoFundMe shortly before her death. “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,” he wrote in the fundraiser’s description. Hernandez shared that the two found moments of “happiness and hope” together.Read it at TMZRead more at The Daily Beast.