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Heroes and Remember The Titans actress Hayden Panettiere dies at 36

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Heroes and Remember The Titans actress Hayden Panettiere dies at 36

Actress Hayden Panettiere has died at the aged of 36 with her team confirming the “tragic passing”.

“It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden,” her representative confirmed to ABC News in the US.

“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.”

Further details surrounding Panettiere’s death were not immediately available.

Panettiere started acting as an infant in commercials before transitioning to soap operas and child stardom in films like Remember the Titans.

She achieved global fame as the indestructible cheerleader Claire Bennet in the NBC series Heroes and later earned Golden Globe nominations for starring as country star Juliette Barnes in Nashville.

Panettiere has been candid about her struggles from child stardom through adulthood and released a memoir titled This Is Me: A Reckoning.

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