Hayden Panettiere, TV star in series ‘Heroes’ and ‘Nashville,’ dies at 36

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Panettiere’s father, Skip, announced the actor’s death in a statement provided to ABC News Sunday.

By Associated Press

August 16, 2026 - 8:52 pm

LOS ANGELES— Hayden Panettiere, prima of fashionable tv bid including “Heroes” and “Nashville,” has died. She was 36.

Panettiere’s father, Skip, announced the actor’s decease successful a connection provided to ABC News Sunday.

“It is with profound sadness that we stock the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden. She was an unthinkable airy and a unit of quality who brought immeasurable emotion and joyousness to each who knew her — and to the millions who watched her onscreen,” his connection said.

No origin of decease was announced, and a publicist for Hayden Panettiere did not instantly respond to an email from The Associated Press.

Panettiere had a prolific vocation dating to 1996, and her credits included the dependable of Dot successful “A Bug’s Life,” “Remember the Titans” and “Scream VI.” Her relation arsenic a cheerleader with superpowers successful “Heroes” propelled her to fame, with the bid revolving astir the mantra “Save the cheerleader, prevention the world.”

She had been unfastened astir her struggles with intoxicant addiction and depression, including aft the commencement of her girl successful 2014. In a memoir published this year, titled “This Is Me: A Reckoning,” she wrote astir her determination to springiness afloat custody of her girl to her erstwhile partner, boxer Wladimir Klitschko.