{
  "id": 2821106,
  "title": "Melissa Gilbert Calls On Unions To Protect Child Actors After Hayden Panettiere’s Death: “Something Has Got To Be Done”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/melissa-gilbert-calls-on-unions-to-protect-child-actors-after-hayden",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-23T16:25:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/melissa-gilbert-protect-child-actors-hayden-panettiere-death-1237048294/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Following the death of Hayden Panettiere, Melissa Gilbert is the latest to call for better protections for child actors. On Saturday, the Little House on the Prairie alum admitted she “did not know Hayden personally,” but explained that her death feels “so personal to me” as a former child actor, demanding unions “enact real change” […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}