{"id":247014,"date":"2026-06-18T13:05:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/daveigh-chase-video-shows-actress-emaciated-homeless-before-death\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T13:05:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:05:01","slug":"daveigh-chase-video-shows-actress-emaciated-homeless-before-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/daveigh-chase-video-shows-actress-emaciated-homeless-before-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Daveigh Chase: Video Shows Actress Emaciated, Homeless Before Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, we reported the shocking news that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/06\/daveigh-chase-cause-of-death-the-ring-lilo-stitch-donnie-darko-star-was-35\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daveigh Chase had passed away<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The actress \u2014 who was best known for her work in films like <em>The Ring<\/em>, <em>Lilo &amp; Stitch<\/em>, and <em>Donnie Darko<\/em> \u2014 was just 35 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Little is known about the circumstances of her death, but a man claiming to be Daveigh\u2019s boyfriend (more on that later) says she passed away after battling meningitis and a blood infection.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"663\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-108016193-1024x663.jpg\" alt=\"Actress Daveigh Chase arrives at HBO's 'Big Love' Season 5 premiere at Directors Guild of America on January 12, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.  \" class=\"wp-image-557408 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-108016193-1024x663.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-108016193-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-108016193-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-108016193-2048x1326.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-108016193-960x621.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-108016193-1080x699.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-108016193-1200x777.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-108016193-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Actress Daveigh Chase arrives at HBO\u2019s \u2018Big Love\u2019 Season 5 premiere at Directors Guild of America on January 12, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.  <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Jason Merritt\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chase had not appeared in film or on television since 2016.<\/p>\n<p>And after a 2018 arrest for drug possession, she announced that she had decided to quit acting entirely.<\/p>\n<p>In the years since, Daveigh was largely forgotten by the public \u2014 but not by her loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>Upon learning that she was homeless and living in Los Angeles\u2019 notorious Skid Row neighborhood, Chase\u2019s manager, John Ryan, and her stepsister, Gaia Brown, hired a private investigator to track her down.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan tells Page Six that he spoke to Chase on the phone, but was unable to locate her.<\/p>\n<p>However, the search did turn up a <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/17\/celebrity-news\/ghastly-video-shows-lilo-stitch-actress-daveigh-chase-wasting-away-on-skid-row-months-before-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video of Daveigh<\/a> in which she appears to be badly emaciated.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bbsr6_0BBD1\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>Ryan says the plan was to get Chase to a rehab facility in Costa Rica owned by a friend he knew.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were so close to finding her,\u201d he told Page Six. \u201cDaveigh was the sweetest and brightest light in Hollywood. I can\u2019t believe this is real. Her legacy and work will live on forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, the controversy surrounding Chase\u2019s final days continues, as there are concerns about a GoFundMe page set up by Hernandez, who claims that he had been in a romantic relationship with Chase since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>According to Page Six, Chase\u2019s family and close friends say they do not know who Hernandez is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA man claiming to be Daveigh\u2019s boyfriend has launched a GoFundMe page purportedly on behalf of Daveigh and her family. Neither her family nor her close friends know who this person is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter 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,\u201d Hernandez wrote on the GoFundMe page, adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand we all go through things, but if you can help, I will be really grateful for anything. And if you can only give a prayer, I will take that too. Thank you for considering helping us during this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, details of Chase\u2019s tragically short life continue to resurface, including a heartbreaking interview she gave in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just want to make something that I love and people will respect,\u201d the actress<a href=\"https:\/\/www.interviewmagazine.com\/film\/daveigh-chase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0told Interview magazine<\/a>\u00a0at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to do things that will change someone\u2019s life, not something they\u2019ll forget about tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/06\/daveigh-chase-video-shows-actress-emaciated-homeless-before-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes On Wednesday, we reported the shocking news that Daveigh Chase had passed away. The actress \u2014 who was best known for her work in films like The Ring, Lilo &amp; Stitch, and Donnie Darko \u2014 was just 35 years old. Little is known about the circumstances of her death, but a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":247015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-247014","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}