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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.
Melissa Gilbert paid an emotional tribute to late child star Daveigh Chase, praising her as bubbly, sweet and professional while criticizing stage parents and urging guardians to ensure kids enter entertainment for the right reasons, as Chase’s death involved meningitis and AIDS with polysubstance use.