Daveigh Chase's Father Says AIDS Finding Did Not Surprise Him After 35-Year-Old Actor's Death
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Updated · Los Angeles Magazine · Jul 10
Daveigh Chase's Father Says AIDS Finding Did Not Surprise Him After 35-Year-Old Actor's Death
3 articles · Updated · Los Angeles Magazine · Jul 10
Summary
John Schwallier said he was not shocked that Daveigh Chase, 35, officially died from AIDS, calling it a feared outcome after years of addiction and homelessness.
Los Angeles County's medical examiner ruled Chase's June 16 death natural, listing acquired immunodeficiency syndrome as the cause and chronic polysubstance use as another significant condition.
Schwallier said he had not seen his daughter in person since she was about 6, though they stayed in phone contact, and he now hopes to secure part of her cremated remains from her mother, even through legal action.
Chase — known for voicing Lilo in Lilo & Stitch and playing Samara in The Ring — had reportedly been living on or near Los Angeles' Skid Row before her death.
The findings resolved earlier conflicting accounts that had attributed her death to complications from meningitis and blood infections.