Skye McCole Bartusiak Actors you may not know are dead, Died - Dead, Actors - Actress, Voice News, Audio News,Skye McCole Bartusiak

Actors you may not know are dead, Died - Dead, Actors - Actress, Voice News, Audio News,Skye McCole Bartusiak

Skye McCole Bartusiak

Best known for her work starring as Mel Gibson's daughter in the blockbuster The Patriot, Skye McCole Bartusiak was a child actress with a promising future. She made her film debut in The Cider House Rules in 1999 and starred with Michael Douglas and Brittany Murphy in Don't Say a Word in 2001. She also appeared in the film Kill your Darlings with True Blood star Alexander Skarsgard in 2006.

Unfortunately, Bartusiak's life behind the scenes wasn't as glamorous as fans might have assumedùand included some dangerous habits that would end up contributing to her untimely demise. The combined drug cocktail of hydrocodone, the refrigerant difluoroethane, and the muscle relaxer carisoprodol led to an accidental overdose in 2014. According to Bartusiak's mother, the young star had also been suffering from epileptic seizures prior to her passing, which led the family to initially believe she'd choked to death before the coroner's ruling made the tragic truth clear.á