\u201cLilo & Stitch\u201d directors Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois shared a tribute to Lilo voice actress Daveigh Chase on Saturday, following her death this week at age 35.<\/p>\n
The image, which they posted on social media<\/a>, features a crying Stitch holding a sandwich alongside Scrump the doll and Pudge the fish. In the original 2002 animated movie, Lilo relies on her relationship with Pudge to help her deal with the deaths of her parents.<\/p>\n Chase, who also played Samara in \u201cThe Ring\u201d and voiced Chihiro in \u201cSpirited Away,\u201d died Wednesday<\/a> after suffering from meningitis, which led to sepsis.<\/p>\n Chase\u2019s boyfriend Roy Hernandez started a GoFundMe ostensibly to assist with burial costs, but that claim has been disputed by her former manager. \u201cDaveigh\u2019s estate has plenty of means to pay for the cremation,\u201d John Ryan told Deadline<\/a>. He also said Chase\u2019s father \u201cnever signed any paperwork over to this so-called boyfriend.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThat GoFundMe is not going toward ANY expenses for Daveigh,\u201d he stated. \u201cMyself, her father, her uncle and all of us close friends who knew her for decades are encouraging people not to donate to this page. This man making these claims brought her into the hospital in terrible condition and didn\u2019t let any of the family know until she passed so he can control the dialogue.\u201d<\/p>\n Ryan further accused Hernandez of \u201cusing our friend\u2019s tragic passing to get a few bucks for he and his family.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThere are no medical bills to be paid or funeral expenses,\u201d he explained. \u201cMyself and the family are sickened at the condition she was in before she passed. This guy\u2019s trying to make it look like a Romeo and Juliet situation to benefit his own pockets.\u201d<\/p>\n The post \u2018Lilo & Stitch\u2019 Directors Share Heartbreaking Tribute to Late Star Daveigh Chase<\/a> appeared first on TheWrap<\/a>.<\/p>\n