{
  "id": 1626494,
  "title": "Charles Esten Recounts Sweet First Encounter With Hayden Panettiere During ‘Nashville’ Audition: “What A Great Gift It Was To Act With You”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/charles-esten-recounts-sweet-first-encounter-with-hayden-panettiere",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-18T03:28:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/charles-esten-tribute-hayden-panettiere-nashville-dead-1237043868/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Following Connie Britton’s heartfelt tribute to Hayden Panettiere, who died Sunday at the age of 36, fellow Nashville alum Charles Esten also remembered his former co-star. Esten was a late cast addition to the Nashville pilot and the last series regular to be announced in March 2012 on the country music drama about fading Nashville […]",
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  "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."
}