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‘Spy Kids’ Actor Alexa PenaVega Shares Heartbreak After Deaths of Fellow Child Stars Hayden Panettiere, Michelle Trachtenberg and Daveigh Chase: ‘Hug Your People Close Today’

4 outlets 8 reports 39 hours Culture
variety.com4 theguardian.com2 bbc.co.uk independent.co.uk
17 August 2026
06:39 theguardian.com first
Hayden Panettiere, actor in Heroes and Nashville, dies aged 36
11:05 bbc.co.uk +4h
In pictures: Hayden Panettiere's life and career, from child actor to Scream star
16:26 theguardian.com +5h
Hayden Panettiere: an actor so magnetic that entire shows were rewritten for her
17:36 independent.co.uk +1h
Hayden Panettiere death latest: Police release statement as co-stars pay tribute to Heroes and Nashville actress
18 August 2026
00:07 variety.com +6h
‘Spy Kids’ Actor Alexa PenaVega Shares Heartbreak After Deaths of Fellow Child Stars Hayden Panettiere, Michelle Trachtenberg and Daveigh Chase: ‘Hug Your People Close Today’
05:35 variety.com +5h
Michelle Rodriguez Remembers Hayden Panettiere After Co-Hosting World Music Awards: ‘Can’t Stand How Many Young People Are Leaving Us Lately’
13:01 variety.com +7h
‘Ice Princess’ Director Remembers Stars Hayden Panettiere and Michelle Trachtenberg as an ‘Amazing Pair’: ‘Two Shining Talents, Gone Far Too Soon’
21:30 variety.com +8h
Hayden Panettiere’s Estranged Mom Speaks Out After Actor’s Death: She ‘Lost Her Way’ and ‘I Wish She Had Stayed True to Herself’
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