Rodriguez mourns Panettiere at Fast anniversary screening, calls young deaths "not normal"

Hayden Panettiere died on 17 August 2026 in Greenville, South Carolina, at 36; police found no signs of foul play, per BBC News. Michelle Rodriguez, her co-host at the 2010 World Music Awards in Monte Carlo, told Variety at the 25th anniversary screening of The Fast and the Furious: "I just can't stand how many young people are leaving us lately… It's not normal." Cause of death remains unreleased.