WorldHayden Panettiere Dead at 36 After Cardiac Arrest in South CarolinaAired August 19, 2026 at 12:02 PM UTCWritten September 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:00Hayden Panettiere has died [music] at0:0136. She was found in cardiac arrest in0:04Greenville, South Carolina after a 9110:06call Sunday afternoon and pronounced0:08dead at 2:32 p.m. after first responders0:10[music] attempted resuscitation without0:12success. Officers found her0:13unresponsive. No signs of foul play were0:16noted [music]0:17and the Greenville County Coroner's0:18Office says the cause and manner of0:20death remain under investigation.0:20[music]0:22Her father Skip confirmed the death.0:24Tributes followed immediately from Viola0:26Davis and Selma Blair after the death0:28was reported.0:30Her career began at 11 months with0:31commercials [music] and spanned Guiding0:33Light, voicing Dot in 1998's A Bug's0:36Life, Remember the Titans, Ally McBeal,0:38[music] 73 episodes of Heroes from 20060:41to 2010, Nashville which brought two0:43Golden Globe nominations, and later0:45roles in the Scream franchise. [music]0:47She published the memoir This is Me, A0:49Reckoning in May of this year. She was0:5236 years old.0:57Her public history included speaking0:59about postpartum depression and1:00addiction after the birth [music] of1:01daughter Kaya in 2014, with rehab in1:042015 and sobriety treatment in 2020, and1:07an abusive relationship in which former1:09partner Brian Hickerson received [music]1:10a 45-day jail sentence. What remains1:12unresolved is when the Coroner's1:14examination, including any autopsy or1:16toxicology, [music] will determine cause1:18and manner, what the circumstances and1:20caller were for the Sunday 911 call, and1:22whether family or officials will release1:24further statements beyond the initial1:25confirmation.1:27Like and follow for more stories that1:29matter.Explore with HeyDexThe shortThe short ↗