The former child actress Skye McCole Bartusiak has been found dead at the age of 21. She was found by her boyfriend in the garage apartment in which she lived, next to her parents' house in Houston, Texas.
Reports haven't given the exact cause of death but it is known that she suffered from epilepsy and may have suffered an epileptic seizure.
She couldn't be resuscitated and was pronounced dead on Saturday.
Her mother reportedly said that her daughter was healthy and did not drink alcohol or take drugs.
Bartusiak also starred in Don’t Say a Word, Riding in Cars with Boys, The Cider House Rules and the television shows House, Lost and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and 24 with Kiefer Sutherland.