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1989 – 2026Hayden Panettiere -- child star, breakout actress, advocateHayden Lesley Panettiere (21 August 1989 - 16 August 2026) was an American actress who began performing before her first birthday and became one of the most recognisable faces on American television through her roles as cheerleader Claire Bennet in Heroes and country music star Juliette Barnes in Nashville. A two-time Golden Globe nominee, she also appeared in Remember the Titans, the Scream franchise, and the Oscar-winning documentary The Cove. Her later years were marked by candid revelations about addiction, postpartum depression, and the pain of giving up custody of her daughter. She died five days before her 37th birthday in Greenville, South Carolina.
2026Hayden Panettiere dies in Greenville, South CarolinaPanettiere was found unresponsive and in cardiac arrest at an apartment complex in Greenville, South Carolina, on 16 August 2026. Emergency responders were unable to revive her, and she was pronounced dead at 2:32 PM, five days before her 37th birthday. No signs of trauma or foul play were discovered. Her cause of death remained under investigation.