{
  "id": 1409617,
  "title": "Hayden Panettiere, ‘Heroes’ and ‘Scream’ Star, Dies at 36",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/hayden-panettiere-heroes-and-scream-star-dies-at-36",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-17T03:12:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/news/hayden-paniettiere-dead-heroes-scream-1236835999/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Hayden Panettiere, an American actress known for her roles in TV shows such as \"Heroes\" and \"Nashville\", and films like \"Scream 4\" and \"Scream VI\", has died at the age of 36. According to her representative, her death was confirmed to ABC News, but a cause of death was not immediately known.\n\nHer father, Skip Panettiere, released a statement to ABC News, saying it was with \"profound sadness\" that they shared her passing, describing her as an \"incredible light and a force of nature\" who brought love and joy to those who knew her and to millions of viewers.\n\nHayden Panettiere was born on August 21, 1989, in Palisades, New York, and began working in entertainment as a baby, appearing in commercials before moving into television and film, Variety and TheWrap reported. She had a breakthrough role in 2006 on NBC's \"Heroes\", playing Claire Bennet, and later starred in ABC's \"Nashville\" as Juliette Barnes.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}