An investigation has been launched into the death of Hayden Panettiere’s death, who passed away at the age of 36 in Greenville, South Carolina.According to a report in WYFF 4, Greenville police officers and EMS responded around 1:51 pm on August 16 to a report of an unresponsive woman at Judson Mill Lofts on Easley Bridge Road. Medical aid was given, but she was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said that an acquaintance of Panettiere placed the 911 call.Hayden Panettiere's case is currently under investigation by police and the Greenville County Coroner's Office. However, reports stated that the preliminary investigation has indicated no signs of foul play. As of now, no cause of death has been publicly released in the reports.Hayden Panettiere never married throughout her life. She was in an on-again, off-again relationship with her partner Brian Hickerson. The couple reportedly flew out of Los Angeles heading south on August 15.Continue reading for more details.Details on the death of Hayden PanettiereHayden Panettiere was best known for roles including Claire Bennet on Heroes and Juliette Barnes on Nashville. She portrayed the fan-favorite character of Kirby Reed in Scream 4 and Scream VI. She also appeared in the sports drama Remember the Titans and voice-acted in Pixar’s A Bug’s Life.Skip Panettiere, the father of the I Love You, Beth Cooper actress, announced her death in a statement on the night of August 16, provided by her representative. It read:“It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden. She was an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immeasurable love and joy to all who knew her — and to the millions who watched her onscreen. We ask for privacy as our family takes time to process this unimaginable loss.” View this post on Instagram Instagram PostBefore being in a relationship with Brian Hickerson, a South Carolina-based real estate agent, Hayden was in a relationship with Ukrainian former heavyweight boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko. They dated from 2009 to 2018 and got engaged in 2013. They shared a daughter, Kaya Evdokia Klitschko, born in 2014.Hayden Panettiere suffered from severe postpartum depression and addiction following Kaya's birth. In 2018, she handed over complete custody of her daughter to Klitschko for her recovery. She has described signing the papers as the most heartbreaking decision of her life.Hayden talks about her relationship with her 11-year-old daughter in her memoir This is Me: Reckoning. During a candid interview with Jay Shetty in May 2026, Hayden shared:“I was full of stress and anxiety all the time. And what I was doing to suppress those emotions was not normal and it was not healthy. I was miserable. I was in tears all the time. I was self-medicating and looking for relief at the bottom of a bottle. I needed to numb. I needed my brain to take a trip. I needed to go on a vacation. I needed it to not think about all these ugly things for just a little while.”Recalling the moment when she and Klitschko parted ways for good, she told Shetty that handing over the custody of her kid to her former partner was an “incredibly difficult” thing to do and added:“That was incredibly difficult. The fact that my child wasn’t going to be with me all day, every day was...you can’t put words to it.”Hayden had a good bond with her father, Skip Panettiere and her stepmother. In contrast, she shared strained ties with her mother, Lesley Vogle. She also had a younger brother, Jansen, an actor and artist, who passed away in 2023 at age 28.