She played "Claire Bennett", the main character of "Heroes (2010)" who could regenerate her body. That was one of my top 10 series of all time
georgemcbay 9 days ago [-]
I remember really enjoying the first season and then feeling like the series went entirely off the rails after that... but still a really good first season IMO, especially by 2006 standards (there were some great TV series out by then, but few and far between).
In any case, absolutely tragic for her to have died at only 36. Life is vanishingly short.
Tarsul 9 days ago [-]
Heroes was a series where the writers strike that happened afters season 1 (or 2?) really made a difference. Ok, I should have formulated that better but I am no writer either.
RIP. Too young.
FeloniousHam 9 days ago [-]
I loved it at the time, it was one of those shows everyone would be talking about the next day. Having to wait a week to find out what happened next was a delightful frustration.
Sadly, did not hold up on a recent rewatch with my wife.
mcphage 9 days ago [-]
1. Save the cheerleader, save the world.
2. We clearly did not save the world.
3. Ergo, we did not save the cheerleader.
It’s Modus Tollens, and this just plain sucks. She was a great actress.
Markoff 9 days ago [-]
"Her brother, Jansen Panettiere, died suddenly in February 2023 from cardiomegaly (enlarged heart) coupled with aortic valve complications, his family said in a statement at the time. He was 28."
Parents losing both quite young kids in span of 3.5 years, hard to imagine.
Eddy_Viscosity2 9 days ago [-]
Is that what she died of? I didn't see any specifics so I assumed it was the default of drug overdose.
anyway my comment was about poor parents, not cause of death
Keeploss 7 days ago [-]
boyfriend reportedly showed police a “bag of medication” that the actress had been taking when officers responded to the South Carolina apartment where she died.
In any case, absolutely tragic for her to have died at only 36. Life is vanishingly short.
Sadly, did not hold up on a recent rewatch with my wife.
2. We clearly did not save the world.
3. Ergo, we did not save the cheerleader.
It’s Modus Tollens, and this just plain sucks. She was a great actress.
Parents losing both quite young kids in span of 3.5 years, hard to imagine.
https://people.com/hayden-panettiere-suffered-apparent-overd...
anyway my comment was about poor parents, not cause of death
https://keeploss.com/2026/08/18/hayden-panettieres-bag-of-me...