Actress Hayden Panettiere Dies at 36, Family Asks for Privacy

US actress Hayden Panettiere has died at the age of 36, her representative confirmed to several US news outlets.

'She was an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immeasurable love and joy to all who knew her and to the millions who watched her onscreen,' her father Skip Panettiere said in a statement.

Details surrounding her death are not yet available.

Panettiere gained widespread recognition for her breakout role as Claire Bennet in the hit TV series Heroes, before going on to star in Nashville and films like Remember the Titans and Raising Helen.

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'As our family takes time to process this unimaginable loss,' Skip Panettiere asked for privacy in a statement issued through her representative.

Born just four years old when she landed a role on the US soap opera One Life to Live, Panettiere began her acting career as a child.

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