Hayden Panettiere, acclaimed Heroes and Nashville actress, dies at 36

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Aug 17, 2026
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US actress Hayden Panettiere, star of popular TV series including Heroes and Nashville,
has died at 36. Panettiere's father announced the actress's death in a statement provided
to ABC News Sunday. No cause of death has been given. Panettiere's prolific career started when
she was appearing in commercials before her first birthday and later included starring roles in
Scream 6 and The Bug's Life where she voiced Dot. Her depiction of a cheerleader with superpowers
in the series Heroes propelled her to universal fame. She had been open about her struggles with
alcohol and depression. In May this year she published a memoir titled This Is Me, a recolony.
She's survived by her 11-year-old daughter Kaya with her former partner Ukrainian boxer Vladimir
