Heroes co-star Jack Coleman slams predatory media scrutiny of Hayden Panettiere after her death at 36

Hayden Panettiere died on 16 August 2026 in Greenville, South Carolina, at age 36. An autopsy found no trauma; no cause has been determined. Jack Coleman, her Heroes co-star, said reporters asked the teenage actor "when are you going to go off the rails?" and paparazzi hid in bushes behind his home — behaviour he called predatory (Variety, 19 August).