<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> <P> Skye McCole Bartusiak was born in Houston, Texas, where she lived with her parents, Helen (née McCole) and Donald Bartusiak, until her death . </P> <P> McCole Bartusiak first starred in Stephen King's Storm of the Century as young Pippa Hatcher . In 2000, she appeared in The Patriot as the youngest child of a militia leader portrayed by Mel Gibson . She played the young Marilyn Monroe in the TV miniseries Blonde, and the psychiatrist's daughter in Don't Say a Word alongside Michael Douglas and Brittany Murphy, both in 2001 . She also played young Charlie McGee in Firestarter: Rekindled and Megan Matheson during season two of the television series 24 (2002--2003). </P> <P> McCole Bartusiak made an appearance in the short film The Vest in 2003 and played the part of The Girl in Once Not Far from Home in 2005 . She also tried her hand at theatre, playing in The Miracle Worker alongside Hilary Swank at the Charlotte Theatre in North Carolina . </P>

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