<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1999--2014 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> Official website </Td> </Tr> <P> Skye McCole Bartusiak (September 28, 1992--July 19, 2014) was an American film and television actress . She appeared in The Patriot (2000), Don't Say a Word (2001), as Rose Wilder in Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder (2002), 24 (2002--03), Boogeyman (2005), and Kill Your Darlings (2006). </P> <P> McCole Bartusiak died at age 21 in her apartment behind her parents' home . Her death was ruled the result of an accidental drug overdose . </P>

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