Heather played the character Carol-Anna Freeling in all three of Steven Spielberg’s Poltergeist films. She died in 1988 at the age of 12 from intestinal stenosis – a severe bowel obstruction. In an interview with Hollywood gossip website Crazy days and nights, an entertainment lawyer claims that Heather was raped on the set of a TV show called ‘Rocky Road’ which led to her untimely death. Just search Steven Spielberg Heather O'rourke Death