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<p>Actress Hayden Panettierre, best known for roles in “Nashville” and the NBC drama “Heroes,” has died at the age of 36.</p>
<p>A representative for the actress <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/08/16/us-news/actress-hayden-panettiere-dead-at-36-report/?utm_source=twitter&;utm_medium=social&;utm_campaign=nypost" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed the news</a> on Sunday in a statement delivered first to ABC News: “It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden. She was an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immeasurable love and joy to all who knew her — and to the millions who watched her onscreen.”</p>
<p>Panettierre had been very open in recent years about her history of substance abuse and her battle with postpartum depression — and had just published her memoir, “This Is Me: A Reckoning,” in May.</p>
<p>The actress was raised in New York by her parents, actress and producer Lesley Vogel and Alan Lee “Skip” Panettiere, a retired New York City Fire Department captain — and she landed her first acting gig at just 11-months old.</p>
<p>“My introduction to acting was actually at 11 months old,” Panettierre said during a 2023 interview with <a href="https://www.etonline.com/hayden-panettiere-dishes-on-her-biggest-roles-from-a-wendys-commercial-to-remember-the-titans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Entertainment Tonight</a>, referencing a Playskool Toy Train commercial. “I don’t know if that would really be an introduction to acting, because I don’t think acting was involved at that point. I didn’t have lines, I was just playing.”</p>
<p>Panettierre went on to land guest roles on several soap operas and other shows like “Law &; Order: SVU,” but it was not until she landed the role of Claire Bennet — the indestructible cheerleader on NBC’s “Heroes” — that her career really got off the ground.</p>
<p>When “Heroes” ended in 2010, Panettierre landed another series — “Nashville” — that ran from 2012 to 2018.</p>
<p>Her on-again, off-again relationship with heavyweight boxer Wladimir Klitschko lasted from 2009-2011 and 2013-2018. They had one daughter together, Kaya, who was born in 2014.</p>
<p>Panettierre had a younger brother, Jansen Panettierre, who passed away in 2023 due t0 cardiomegaly — an enlarged heart — and aortic valve complications. He was 28 years old.</p>
<p>No cause of death has yet been reported for the actress.</p>
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Actress Hayden Panetierre Dead At 36
