Hayden Panettiere Spoke Extensively About Her Struggles Before She Died

Forbes recounts the life and career of actress Hayden Panettiere, who died at 36 with no cause of death yet released, tracing her path from an 11-month-old commercial actress to child soap roles, the voice of Princess Dot in A Bug's Life, and a breakout lead in NBC's Heroes.

The piece notes her Golden Globe-nominated run as Juliette Barnes on Nashville, a role she said mirrored her own struggles with alcoholism and postpartum depression, and her past disclosures about being given amphetamines at 15 and later battling addiction to alcohol and Klonopin.

It also notes she had recently grieved the 2023 death of her younger brother Jansen, and had spoken of feeling she'd been given a second chance after achieving sobriety.

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