Actress Hayden Panettiere Breaks Silence on Sudden Death of Her Brother

Panettiere became agoraphobic and experienced other mental and physical symptoms as a result of her grief.

Hayden Panettiere (L) and Jansen Panettiere arrive at a screening of Freestyle Releasing's "Sharkwater Extinction" in Hollywood, Calif., on Jan. 31, 2019. Amanda Edwards/Getty Images

After unexpectedly losing her younger brother in 2023, life for actress Hayden Panettiere changed drastically in ways beyond mourning.

In her first interview since, the 35-year-old opened up about the sudden death of her 28-year-old brother, Jansen, from an undiagnosed heart condition.