{"id":50287,"date":"2026-08-17T09:10:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T04:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=50287"},"modified":"2026-08-17T09:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T04:10:12","slug":"hayden-panettiere-actress-known-for-heroes-and-remember-the-titans-dies-at-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=50287","title":{"rendered":"Hayden Panettiere, actress known for &#8220;Heroes&#8221; and &#8220;Remember the Titans,&#8221; dies at 36"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><br \/>\n      <span class=\"content__observer-marker content__observer-marker--fixed lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>Hayden Panettiere, who starred in &#8220;Remember the Titans&#8221; as a child actor and rose to fame in the sci-fi series &#8220;Heroes,&#8221; has died at the age of 36, her representative confirmed to CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden,&#8221; Panettiere&#8217;s father, Skip Panettiere, said in a statement through the rep. &#8220;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.  We ask for privacy as our family takes  time to process this unimaginable loss.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Details surrounding Panettiere&#8217;s death were not released.<\/p>\n<p>The actress&#8217;s career spanned more than three decades, starring in both movies and television, including in the &#8220;Scream&#8221; horror film series and the TV drama\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/hayden-panettiere-fesses-up-whom-her-nashville-character-is-based-on\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">&#8220;Nashville.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In recent months, Panettiere spoke publicly about the struggles of life in the spotlight as a young actor. She released her memoir, &#8220;This Is Me: A Reckoning,&#8221; in May, detailing her childhood and her experiences with addiction, physical abuse and her recovery.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/18\/b2201f06-babd-45af-a1c9-87f1c7469eae\/thumbnail\/620x349\/0768de7b3be2f3a112e1afa70a4ab43f\/cbsn-fusion-hayden-panettiere-opens-up-about-growing-up-in-spotlight-there-were-no-boundaries-thumbnail.jpg#\" alt=\"cbsn-fusion-hayden-panettiere-opens-up-about-growing-up-in-spotlight-there-were-no-boundaries-thumbnail.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/18\/b2201f06-babd-45af-a1c9-87f1c7469eae\/thumbnail\/620x349\/0768de7b3be2f3a112e1afa70a4ab43f\/cbsn-fusion-hayden-panettiere-opens-up-about-growing-up-in-spotlight-there-were-no-boundaries-thumbnail.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/18\/b2201f06-babd-45af-a1c9-87f1c7469eae\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/cd9c54d7b214c1398a2a997e98d0f82f\/cbsn-fusion-hayden-panettiere-opens-up-about-growing-up-in-spotlight-there-were-no-boundaries-thumbnail.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Hayden Panettiere sat down with Gayle King in May to talk about her memoir, &#8220;This Is Me: A Reckoning.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;When your mother has chosen to take the 8-month-old baby into those audition rooms, and it went from there and progressed into 50 commercials by the time I was 5 &#8230; It just never stopped,&#8221; the Golden Globe-nominated actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/hayden-panettiere-opens-up-about-growing-up-in-spotlight-there-were-no-boundaries\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">told CBS News&#8217; Gayle King in May<\/a>. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t care about anybody&#8217;s opinion but my mom&#8217;s, because I knew that if she was unhappy with my performance in any way, that the rest of the day was gonna be ruined.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hayden-panettiere-enters-treatment-facility\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">October 2015<\/a>, Panettiere entered a treatment facility to help with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/postpartum-depression-symptoms-experienced-by-nearly-20-percent-of-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">postpartum depression<\/a> after giving birth to her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hayden-panettiere-expecting-a-baby\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">first child<\/a> in December 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Panettiere gave full primary custody of her daughter, Kaya, to her ex-fianc\u00e9 Wladimir Klitschko in 2018.<\/p>\n<p><em>John Filippelli contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hayden Panettiere, who starred in &#8220;Remember the Titans&#8221; 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