Hayden Panettiere died Sunday at age 36, according to TMZ, while law enforcement sources confirmed police responded to an incident involving the actress and opened an investigation. Further details about the circumstances of Panettiere’s death were not immediately available. Panettiere’s representative confirmed the loss in a statement to ABC News, describing the actress as a powerful presence whose work brought joy to millions. TMZ also reported that Panettiere and her on again, off again boyfriend Brian Hickerson traveled from Los Angeles to the South on Saturday, while a source close to Panettiere said she had complained of back pain during the past year. Hayden Panettiere’s Hollywood Legacy Panettiere became a familiar face through her childhood roles, including Sheryl Yoast in the 2000 sports drama Remember the Titans . She later broke out as Claire Bennet on NBC’s Heroes and earned multiple award nominations for playing country singer Juliette Barnes on Nashville . Panettiere also appeared in Scream 4 and Scream VI , and voiced a character in the video game Until Dawn . In her memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning , Panettiere wrote about childhood fame, motherhood, mental health, recovery, and the 2023 death of her younger brother Jansen Panettiere at age 28; she also shared daughter Kaya with former fiancé Wladimir Klitschko.