New details have surfaced into the tragic passing of Lilo & Stitch star Daveigh Chase. The actor passed away at 35.
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But prior to her death, Chase struggled with addiction and was homeless on Skid Row. Kevin Call, who knew Chase, opened up about her final days.
"We do outreach, and she used to come through the line," he told The New York Post. "But as I see her picture now, and I see what she looked like then...it was a big difference. That is what [the] disease of addiction do to a lot of celebrities, a lot of people that end up in this situation here at Skid Row."
Chase passed away on Tuesday after battling bacterial meningitis. Call said it was sad to see the former actor start to waste away.
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"Well, she was getting more thin every time I seen her, she was getting thinner, and that let me know that she had a disease that was unarrested, and she needed help," he said. "And she couldn't get the help fast enough before the disease took her life."
Call's remarks come after videos surfaced of Chase homeless and looking malnourished on the streets.
"People that were well known, and all of a sudden, they turn back, the disease doesn't care," he said. "So many start off on a good note, but end up bad, and especially when they have to die in Skid Row." Meanwhile, her manager and her stepsister tried to find the actor to get her into rehab.
But according to her manager, John Ryan, she disappeared and was hard to find.
"We were so close to finding her," he said. "Daveigh was the sweetest and brightest light in Hollywood. I can't believe this is real. Her legacy and work will live on forever."
Meanwhile, Call says that he hates to see what happened to the actor in her final days.
"I hate to see what happened to her, but hopefully her family will have closure, knowing that they don't have to no longer worry about her or her condition," he said.
