Actress Hayden Panettiere, Who Shared Her Story About Depression After Childbirth, Dies at 36

Hayden Panettiere died August 16, 2026, in Greenville, South Carolina, at 36. No cause has been determined. After depression following childbirth and alcohol dependence, she gave up custody of her daughter to her former fiancé Wladimir Klitschko. Her autobiography, published this year, described the pain of that separation — a rare public account of a struggle many mothers face in silence.