She Left Us Far Too Soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                                                                  

                       I will always remember Daveigh Chase for two extraordinary performances.  The first was in 2002, when she played Samara Morgan, the haunting ghost child in "The Ring."  Two years later, in 2004, on the classic "Cold Case" episode, "The Sleepover," she played Ariel Shuman, who murdered her former best friend, Rita Baxter, over being kicked out of a mean girls clique she wanted desperately to be a part of.

                          If you have not seen these performances, girls, watch them.  They are iconic and demonstrated much promise in Daveigh Chase.  She was attractive and had a compelling presence.

                         She was born on July 24, 1990, and died June 16, 2026, just one month short of her 36th birthday.

                        Now, Daveigh has entered the pantheon of tragic child actors, who came to a bad end.

                        From her early teens, maybe as far back as "The Sleepover," Daveigh Chase struggled with drug use. As she grew older, so grew her addiction, to the point where she had been arrested and was dealing with other legal issues.  At the time of her death, she was homeless, living near the L.A. hospital where she died, and suffering from malnutrition.  She had hit rock bottom.  Had she lived, maybe she would have had a chance to turn around.

                        It wasn't like she was alone; though, with her addiction, she was, in a sense.  Yet her parents were still alive, and she had a sister.  Who knows, maybe they tried, but she would not listen.

                        Maybe she was more like Ariel Shuman than one thought.  Both let other forces--in Ariel's case, a girls clique, in Daveigh's case drugs--dictate their lives.  And now Daveigh is dead.

                         Rest In Peace, Daveigh Chase.  You will forever be remembered for the brightness of the promise you were able to show.