Tributes pour in for Hayden Panettiere; 'Nashville' star dead at 36

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Hayden Panettiere, who rose to fame as a child actress before starring in hit movies including “Remember the Titans” and “Bring it On: All or Nothing,” has died at 36. The circumstances surrounding her death were not immediately known. No cause of death was announced for Hayden Panettiere, who would have turned 37 on Friday. Panettiere began her career as a child actor in commercials and soap operas before she was propelled to fame as a cheerleader with superpowers in the TV series “Heroes” in 2006. Panettiere is survived by her daughter Kaya, who was born in 2014, with Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko. Panettiere's younger brother, Jansen, who was also an actor, died of a heart condition in 2023, at age 28. Hayden Panettiere reflected on life, growth and mortality in the prologue of her memoir, "This Is Me: A Reckoning." The book, released in May