Hayden Panettiere discusses her bond with daughter Kaya in one of her last interviews

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17 Aug 2026 • 7:26 PM MYT
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Hayden Panettiere discusses her bond with daughter Kaya in one of her last interviews

Hayden Panettiere discussed her bond with her daughter Kaya in one of her last interview just three months before her death at the age of 36.

Her father Skip announced her death, remembering her as 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”.

No cause of death was announced, and her publicist Kasey Kitchen told NBC News that her death was being investigated. The Independent has reached out to her representatives for comment.

Speaking on the Tameron Hall Show in May, the actor, best known for her roles in Heroes and Nashville, opened up on her experience with postpartum depression and how it’s affected her relationship with her child, whom she gave up custody of in 2018.

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