Hayden Panettiere, Known for HEROES Role, Dies at 36
Panettiere's death removes a figure who carried a defining role in HEROES, a drama that was also a major hit in Japan, and who had publicly documented her struggles with addiction and postpartum depression.
Reporting from 1 source: Cinema Today.
Actress Hayden Panettiere has died in South Carolina, USA, at age 36. Her representative confirmed the news to Deadline, and her father, Kip Panettiere, released a statement expressing deep sorrow. The cause of death has not been disclosed. She was known for playing the immortal cheerleader Claire Bennet in the drama HEROES.
Hayden Panettiere, the actress who played the indestructible cheerleader Claire Bennet in the overseas drama HEROES, has died in South Carolina, USA. She was 36. Deadline and other outlets reported the news on the 17th local time, and the cause of death has not been disclosed.
Her representative confirmed the death to Deadline. Her father, Kip Panettiere, released a statement expressing his condolences, describing her as a presence that brought immeasurable love and joy to those who knew her and watched her on screen.
Panettiere began as a child actor and became widely known through HEROES, which ran from 2006 to 2010 and was also a huge hit in Japan. She also appeared in Nashville, the Scream film series, Remember the Titans, The Good Lie, and Bring It On 3. As a voice actress, she voiced Kairi in the Kingdom Hearts game series.
She had publicly spoken about struggles with alcohol and opioid painkiller dependence, and with postpartum depression after the birth of her first child in 2014. In 2023, her younger brother, actor Jansen Panettiere, died suddenly at age 28 due to heart disease. She published her memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning, in May of this year.
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- Cinema Today 「HEROES／ヒーローズ」女優ヘイデン・パネッティーアさん36歳で死去