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Actress Hayden Panettiere dies at 36

NPR | By Sacha Pfeiffer
Published August 17, 2026 at 6:49 AM EDT

Actress Hayden Panettiere, the star of "Heroes" and "Nashville," has died, her father said in a statement. She was 36.

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