Daveigh Chase, star of ‘The Ring’ and ‘Lilo & Stitch,’ dead at 35

In Roy Hernandez’s words, their shared dream was never about Hollywood, but about peace—a small, safe place to belong. Meningitis and sepsis may have taken her body, but the imprint she left is strangely eternal: a voice that comforted children, a performance that redefined horror, a woman remembered not for scandal, but for her stubborn light in the middle of a difficult life. In mourning her, many are realizing how deeply she had already lived inside their memories.