Melissa Gilbert Urges Parents to Verify Children's Interest in Acting Following Daveigh Chase's Death
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Althea Legaspi
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Former child star Melissa Gilbert expresses heartbreak over the death of actress Daveigh Chase (who died at 35 from AIDS with chronic polysubstance use as a contributing factor) and urges stage parents to carefully consider whether acting is truly what their children want, drawing from her own experience as a child actress on Little House on the Prairie.
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· 2 pulledMelissa Gilbert said she is 'truly heartbroken' by the death of Daveigh Chase
Gilbert...is urging parents to think carefully about what their children want when it comes to acting
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