February 2, 2004. A missing person's report was filed the following day, as his friends had become increasingly concerned by his absence. Raize's body was found at 11:15 am on February 7. He had hanged himself in a shed on the property. Memorial and legacy A public memorial service for Raize was held on April 8, 2004, at Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre, where Raize had performed as Simba for almost three years. The service included speeches by Raize's sister, Lisa, and Disney Theatrical's Thomas Schumacher, a performance by Raize's former The Lion King co-star Heather Headley, a slide show and home movies from his younger days, clips of Raize performing in The Lion King, and a montage from his Keeping it Wild television series. The service ended with a traditional South African celebration of passing into the next world led by cast members of The Lion King''. The Orpheus Theatre in Oneonta issued two annual Jason Rothenberg Raize Scholarships which underwrite tuition to the theater's summer music theater workshops for youths with financial need. References External links The Raize Resource: web resource about the life and career of Jason Raize 1975 births 2004 deaths American male film actors American male musical theatre actors American male stage actors People from Oneonta, New York American expatriates in Australia Suicides by hanging in New South Wales 20th-century American singers 20th-century American male actors 20th-century American male singers 2004 suicides American Musical and Dramatic Academy alumni