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  • Skye McCole Bartusiak’s Cause Of Death Determined

    Skye McCole Bartusiak’s cause of death has finally been revealed, several months after she was found unresponsive by her boyfriend in her parent’s Houston home.

    According to People, Skye’s official cause of death was due to an accidental overdose.

    “The exact cause of death is an accident due to the combined effects of hydrocodone and difluoroethane with carisoprodol,” a Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences source told the news site.

    According to the New York Daily News, Skye had the “pain killer Vicodin in her system along with the refrigerant difluoroethane (chemical refrigerant found in products such as Dust-Off) and the muscle relaxer carisoprodol.”

    Skye, who was best known for her role as Mel Gibson’s seven-year-old daughter in The Patriot, was found dead in July at the young age of 21. Helen Bartusiak, Skye’s mother, tried to revive her, but unfortunately she was unsuccessful.

    Helen also explained that her daughter wasn’t a drinker and didn’t do drugs. She said she was in overall good health and didn’t know what could have caused this seemingly healthy girl to die so suddenly. She did reveal that Skye had been suffering from seizures in the days leading up to that day.

    “We lost our girl,” Helen said at the time of her daughter’s death. “We think she had a seizure and choked and nobody was there,” she added. “They were working on her for 45 minutes and could not get a heartbeat. She was a kind and really beautiful girl.”

    Full autopsy reports are still pending.

  • Skye McCole Bartusiak, Who Played Mel Gibson’s Daughter in ‘The Patriot’, Unexpectedly Dies at 21

    Skye McCole Bartusiak, an actress best known for her role as Mel Gibson’s daughter in the 2000 movie, The Patriot, died Saturday at the age of 21.

    “We lost our girl,” Skye’s mother, Helen McCole Bartusiak, told CNN on Sunday.

    The cause of death is unknown at this time, but Skye’s mother said that epileptic seizures had plagued her daughter for most of her life and had returned in the past week.

    According to CNN, Skye’s boyfriend found the young actress sitting up in her bed in the garage apartment adjacent to her parents’ Houston home.

    “We think she had a seizure and choked and nobody was there,” said the heartbroken mother of the actress.

    Helen reportedly started cardiopulmonary resuscitation on her daughter before paramedics arrived. “They were working on her for 45 minutes and could not get a heartbeat,” she said. “I’ve done CPR on that kid more than one time, and it just didn’t work this time.”

    Skye began her film career as a 6-year-old in 1999’s The Cider House Rules. She followed that role with others, including 2001’s Don’t Say a Word, opposite Michael Douglas. In 2012, she starred in the thriller, Sick Boy. Bartusiak’s television credits include playing a young Kate Austen on Lost and starring in a lengthy arc on 24.

    “The girl has lived such an amazing life,” Helen said. “She was a kind and really beautiful girl.”

    Skye had been preparing to produce and direct her first feature film in recent months, her mother said.

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  • Skye McCole Bartusiak, ‘Patriot’ Actress Dies at 21

    Skye McCole Bartusiak, the actress best known for her role as Mel Gibson’s daughter in the 2000 film The Patriot, has died at the age of 21. Bartusiak was found unresponsive by her boyfriend on her bed in her parents’ Houston home on Saturday. She had been living in an apartment over the family garage.

    Skye’s mother, Helen Bartusiak, tried unsuccessfully to revive her daughter. She claimed her daughter was in good health and wasn’t a drinker. She also said her daughter didn’t do drugs. The actress had experienced seizures in recent days, however.

    “We lost our girl,” Helen Bartusiak told the media.

    “We think she had a seizure and choked and nobody was there,” she added. “They were working on her for 45 minutes and could not get a heartbeat. She was a kind and really beautiful girl.”

    In addition to The Patriot with Mel Gibson, Skye McCole Bartusiak made her big screen debut back in 1999 in The Cider House Rules. In 2001 she played opposite Michael Douglas in Don’t Say A Word. She had a recurring role during the second season of 24, and guest starred on House and CSI. Her last film was in 2012–Sick Boy.

    Skye’s mother said she was working on both producing and directing a future feature film.

    Abigail Breslin paid tribute to Skye on Twitter.

    She also shared this Instagram shot of the late actress.

    Roland Emmerich directed and produced The Patriot. He expressed his grief via social media as well.

    Those who followed the young actress are no doubt grieving and praying for her family. How sad that Skye McCole Bartusiak will never get to realize all of her dreams.

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