Hayden Panettiere, an actress who launched her career as a child and who later starred in "Heroes" and "Nashville," has died, her representative confirmed to ABC News. She was 36 years old.
Panettiere died in South Carolina. The investigation into her death is "ongoing," according to her representative.
Beginning as a child star, with a long career in both TV and film, Panettiere is remembered for her roles as Claire Bennet on the hit series "Heroes" and as Juliette Barnes on the musical drama "Nashville." She also starred in Remember the Titans, Raising Helen, Ice Princess and Scream 4.
Panettiere had been candid about her struggles from child stardom through adulthood. She released a memoir this May titled This Is Me: A Reckoning.
She is the mother to one child, a daughter Kaya Klitschko, whom she had in 2014 with her ex-fiancé, heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko.
