Hayden Panettiere dies at 36 after career spanning TV and film
What's new: The actor's father asked for privacy, and no cause of death was immediately disclosed.
Hayden Panettiere, the American actor known for “Heroes” and “Nashville,” has died at 36, according to a statement from her father carried by US media. Details about how she died were not immediately available. Panettiere began acting as a child and later broke out as Claire Bennet, the cheerleader with superpowers in NBC's “Heroes,” which ran from 2006 to 2010. She also earned two Golden Globe nominations for playing Juliette Barnes in “Nashville” and appeared in films including “Remember the Titans,” “Raising Helen” and entries in the “Scream” franchise. Earlier this year, she published the memoir “This Is Me: A Reckoning.” She is survived by her daughter, Kaya.