Sophie Nyweide dead at 24: Former child star who played Michelle Williams' daughter passes away
Former child star, Sophie Nyweide, best known for portraying Michelle Williams' on-screen daughter in the 2009 film Mammoth, has died at age 24.
The actress, who appeared in seven movies by her 10th birthday, passed away on April 14 as confirmed by her family in an online obituary.
'Sophie was a kind and trusting girl. Often this left her open to being taken advantage of by others. She wrote and drew voraciously, and much of this art depicts the depth she had, and it also represents the pain she suffered,' her loved ones wrote.
They continued: 'Many of her writings and artwork are roadmaps of her struggles and traumas. Even with those roadmaps, diagnoses and her own revelations, those closest to her, plus therapists, law enforcement officers and others who tried to help her, are heartbroken their efforts couldn't save her from her fate.'
Her loved ones went on to reveal that Nyweide 'self-medicated to deal with all the trauma and shame she held inside' and that 'resulted in her death.'
'She repeatedly said she would "handle it" on her own and was compelled to reject the treatment that might possibly have saved her life,' they concluded.
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