American actress Hayden Panettiere died at age 36, according to ABC News. A statement from her representative confirmed the death, but no further details have been made public. She first gained prominence in the mid‑1990s through television roles. Her breakout role was Claire Bennet on the series Heroes, and she later starred as Juliette Barnes on Nashville. In film, she voiced Princess Dot in A Bug’s Life (1998) and appeared in Remember the Titans, Raising Helen, several entries in the Scream series, and I Love You, Beth Cooper. She also provided voice work for Kingdom Hearts games and played Samantha Giddings in Until Dawn. No additional information about the circumstances of her death has been released.