Friends and fellow entertainers are paying tribute to Hayden Panettiere, the actress and singer who died this week at 36.
Panettiere — best known for playing country star Juliette Barnes on Nashville and cheerleader Claire Bennet on Heroes — was confirmed dead by her family on Aug.
17. A cause of death has not been disclosed.
Author and podcast host Jay Shetty, who interviewed Panettiere on his podcast earlier this year, shared his shock in a comment on Variety’s announcement of her death.
7th Heaven actress Beverley Mitchell also left a tribute beneath the same post. “Praying the news is wrong! You are such a bright light and soooo loved,” she wrote.
The SAG-AFTRA Actors union also issued a statement, writing: “We join in mourning the sudden passing of Hayden Panettiere.”.
The tributes reflected the breadth of a career that began in childhood and spanned commercials, soap operas, film, network television and music across more than three decades.
Panettiere began performing as a child before achieving global fame with Heroes in 2006, and went on to earn two Golden Globe nominations for Nashville, in which she starred from 2012 to 2018.
The show’s companion soundtracks, released through Big Machine Records, regularly charted on the Billboard 200 and Billboard’s country and soundtrack tallies, and her recordings as Juliette Barnes — including “Undermine,” a duet with co-star Charles Esten that reached Billboard’s Digital Song Sales chart in 2012 — became fan favorites among country listeners.
She also released music earlier in her career, signing with Hollywood Records during the height of Heroes and putting out the 2008 single “Wake Up Call.”.
Panettiere is survived by her father, Skip Panettiere, and her daughter, Kaya. Her death comes a little more than two years after that of her younger brother, actor Jansen Panettiere, who died in February 2023 at 28.
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Informação baseada em material público de Billboard, reescrito pela redação ULTRA NOTÍCIAS.
