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After years with undiagnosed HIV that progressed to AIDS, Cody Pharis survived on antiretroviral therapy and now advocates for HIV testing, disclosure to partners, and awareness of PrEP and undetectable viral load as ways to reduce transmission.
Melissa Gilbert, a former child star, says she is heartbroken by Daveigh Chase’s death and urges parents to ensure that acting is truly the child’s choice, keep the child’s life outside the industry thriving, and monitor earnings, notes that Chase died at 35 from AIDS with polysubstance use listed as another condition as a cautionary example.
Actress Melissa Gilbert paid tribute to Daveigh Chase, criticizing careless stage parenting after Chase—voice of Lilo in Lilo & Stitch and star of The Ring—died at 35 from AIDS (with chronic polysubstance use listed as a secondary cause), and urged parents to ensure child stardom is pursued for the right reasons and that kids have a life outside the industry.
Daveigh Chase, the voice of Lilo in Disney’s Lilo & Stitch and star of The Ring, died at 35 in a Los Angeles hospital; the Los Angeles County medical examiner listed AIDS as the cause and chronic polysubstance use as a significant condition, with the family noting struggles with drugs, homelessness, meningitis and a blood infection.
The Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s Office officially ruled Daveigh Chase’s primary cause of death as AIDS, with chronic polysubstance use listed as a significant contributing condition; the manner of death was natural and she died in a hospital at 35. Earlier statements from her father cited meningitis and a blood infection, and the estate dispute over cremation and a GoFundMe page is noted as arrangements proceed.
Former child star Daveigh Chase, known for voicing Lilo and for The Ring, died at 35 on June 16. The Los Angeles County medical examiner ruled AIDS as the cause of death, with chronic polysubstance use listed as a significant condition, though her father has claimed she died of meningitis and a blood infection, underscoring a history of drug struggle and homelessness.
Daveigh Chase, the former child actress known for voicing Lilo in Lilo & Stitch and for Spirited Away, died in a Los Angeles hospital on June 16 at 35, with AIDS listed as the cause and chronic polysubstance use noted as another condition. Her father, John Schwallier, told The Post he wasn’t surprised by the AIDS diagnosis, attributing it to years of addiction and homelessness on LA’s Skid Row, and he said he might pursue custody of her cremated remains. Chase had largely stepped away from acting after 2016, with friends and her longtime manager attempting to help her, while her mother Cathy received her remains.
Daveigh Chase, the actress who voiced Lilo in Lilo & Stitch and appeared in The Ring, died on June 16 at age 35. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner ruled AIDS as the primary cause of death, with chronic polysubstance use listed as a secondary factor; her boyfriend had previously said she battled meningitis and a bloodstream infection before passing, and her father described a life marked by hardship, including homelessness and drug struggles.
Daveigh Chase, the voice of Lilo in Disney’s Lilo & Stitch and star of The Ring, died in Los Angeles at age 35. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner ruled AIDS as the cause of death, with chronic polysubstance use listed as a contributing condition; earlier reports of meningitis were not confirmed.
Daveigh Chase, the actress who voiced Lilo in Lilo & Stitch and starred in The Ring, died on June 16 at age 35 from AIDS, with chronic polysubstance use listed as a contributing factor by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner. Her father had previously said she died from complications of meningitis and a blood infection and that she was homeless and severely malnourished at the time. Chase also appeared on ER, Charmed, The Practice and Sabrina the Teenage Witch, with a breakout year in 2002. This remains a developing story.
The Los Angeles County medical examiner has officially ruled the cause of death for former child actor Daveigh Chase as AIDS with other significant conditions, with the manner listed as natural after she died in a hospital at 35. Earlier statements from her boyfriend suggested meningitis and septic issues. Chase was known for roles in The Ring and for voicing Lilo in Lilo & Stitch and Samantha Darko in Donnie Darko, later stepping back from acting.
Daveigh Chase, the actress who voiced Lilo in Lilo & Stitch and appeared in The Ring, died June 17 in Los Angeles at 35; the coroner ruled AIDS as the primary cause of death with chronic polysubstance use listed as a secondary factor, and her father said she had been homeless and struggling with drugs since age 13.
Three brothers in Zambia's Copperbelt, ages 17, 15 and 12, are fending for themselves after their HIV-positive parents died this year as aid cuts shuttered the clinics that kept them on meds; they sell belongings, live in a leaky home, and Joseph works as a part-time security guard to pay rent and cover schooling while trying to keep his brothers on treatment, aided only by a pastor and distant relatives as the broader HIV-care network wanes.
Rami Malek says he initially feared taking on Ira Sachs’s AIDS-era drama The Man I Love after Bohemian Rhapsody, but pressed through his fears with Sachs’s guidance and musical on-screen work, ahead of the film’s Cannes premiere.
A new HIV prevention drug, lenacapavir, delivered as a twice-yearly injection, is being rolled out in Eswatini and nine high‑risk countries in a bid to end AIDS, described by UN officials as the closest thing to a vaccine. While it could dramatically reduce new infections if scaled globally, the rollout is hampered by years of foreign aid cuts that shuttered mobile clinics and constrained supply. The UN and Global Fund aim to reach millions, but plans to reach about two million people by 2028 fall well short of needs, underscoring the need for expanded funding and procurement to avoid repeating past delays that cost lives.