Daveigh Chase's medical fundraiser and a memorial GoFundMe set up by a man identifying himself as her boyfriend were publicly questioned by the actress's former manager after she died in Los Angeles on 16 June; officials later recorded her cause of death as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Chase had been hospitalised earlier in June with meningitis and blood infections and died aged 35, with early public statements from the man identifying himself as Roy Hernandez saying complications from sepsis followed her infection.
Chase rose to prominence as a child actor in the early 2000s with roles in 'Donnie Darko' (2001), 'Lilo & Stitch' (2002), and 'The Ring' (2002), and later appeared on HBO's 'Big Love'. She largely stepped away from the public eye after mid-2010s appearances, walking her last red carpet in 2013 and posting on Instagram as late as 2017.
