Known best for her roles as self-healing cheerleader Claire Bennet in Heroes and country music star Juliette Barnes in the series Nashville, Panettiere was only 36 years old. She also played the coach’s daughter in Remember The Titans
She was also one of the youngest people ever nominated for a Grammy for voicing Princess Dot in “A Bug’s Life.”
Throughout the years Panettiere had spoken openly about her struggles with addiction. The circumstances surrounding her death are unknown. She leaves behind an 11 year old daughter.
(Photo: Hayden Panettiere at Fan Expo 2011 in Toronto, photographed by Tabercil, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0.)
