Hayden Panettiere started acting when she was 11 months old. 💔
She grew up in front of cameras, became Claire Bennet to millions of Heroes fans, and carried a war inside that no one could see. At 15, she was already taking “happy pills” to appear cheerful in interviews. She wrote in her memoirs that if she didn’t stop drinking, she would die within five years. She was off by very little.
She died last month in Greenville, South Carolina, at age 36. According to a TMZ report, she took an oxycodone pill bought on the black market that had been adulterated with fentanyl, an opioid so potent that a few grains are enough to kill. Her boyfriend, Brian Hickerson, tried to revive her with Narcan, but it was already too late.
She leaves behind an 11-year-old daughter and an entire country wondering how a girl who grew up in front of cameras ended up like this. 🕊️