Skye McCole Bartusiak, who portrayed Mel Gibson’s young daughter in the 2000 film “The Patriot,” was found dead in her Houston home on Saturday. She was 21.
Ms. Bartusiak’s mother, Helen Bartusiak, told The Associated Press that her daughter had been living in a garage apartment at her parents’ home and that her boyfriend discovered her unresponsive on her bed. She said that she had been healthy and did not drink or take drugs, and that the family did not know the cause of death. She later told CNN that her daughter had had epileptic seizures recently.
Ms. Bartusiak was born in Houston on Sept. 28, 1992. She made her acting debut in the television mini-series “Storm of the Century” in 1999 and had a role on “24” in 2002-3.
Her first film was “The Cider House Rules,” in 1999, and she appeared with Michael Douglas in “Don’t Say a Word” (2001). Her most recent movie was “Sick Boy” (2012).
She was best known for her role in “The Patriot,” a Revolutionary War epic starring Mel Gibson and directed by Roland Emmerich. She played the youngest child of Mr. Gibson’s character, a militia leader.
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