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Hayden Panettiere appeared happy and carefree while celebrating with a friend in her final Instagram post just weeks before her shocking death at 36.<\/p>\n

Read more Hayden Panettiere\u2019s life in photos: Remembering the actress before her death at 36<\/a><\/p>\n

The \u201cHeroes\u201d and \u201cNashville\u201d star shared a playful black-and-white snap on July 27 showing her winking and smiling with her tongue out as she wrapped an arm around photographer Randall Slavin at what appeared to be a crowded gathering.<\/p>\n

\u201cGood times and good friends @randallslavin \u2728,\u201d Panettiere captioned the post.<\/p>\n

Slavin appeared to mourn the actress Sunday night after news of her death broke, reposting the same photo to his Instagram Story alongside the message, \u201cPeace be with you, H.\u201d<\/p>\n

Panettiere\u2019s father confirmed her sudden death to ABC News on Sunday. No cause of death or details about the circumstances surrounding her death were immediately provided. The Post has reached out to her representative. <\/p>\n

Panettiere\u2019s final post was flooded with stunned fans mourning the former child star as word of her death spread.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m in shock. this is beyond unfair. rest in peace with your brother\ud83e\udd0d you are so loved and will be so sorely missed,\u201d one person wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love you. Don\u2019t be gone. Don\u2019t be gone. Please. Please,\u201d another devastated fan pleaded.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis makes me sooo sad she was in so many of my favorite things growing up,\u201d another commenter wrote, adding that Panettiere\u2019s 2006 movie \u201cBring It On: All or Nothing\u201d was \u201csuch a big part of my childhood.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis feels like \u2026 Personal,\u201d the fan added.<\/p>\n

Others initially struggled to believe the news.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomeone please tell me this is a hoax\ud83d\ude22,\u201d one person wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cNO THIS CANT BE TRUE \ud83d\ude22,\u201d another posted.<\/p>\n

\u201cRest in peace, angel \ud83e\udd0d,\u201d another fan wrote.<\/p>\n

The actress had released her memoir, \u201cThis Is Me: A Reckoning,\u201d in May, detailing her battles with alcohol and opioid addiction, postpartum depression, domestic abuse, trauma and loss.<\/p>\n

She had also endured the sudden death of her younger brother, Jansen, who died at just 28 from a heart condition in February 2023.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen I lost him, I felt like I lost half of my soul,\u201d Panettiere told People in 2024.<\/p>\n

Panettiere had returned to acting after a roughly four-year hiatus, reprising her role as Kirby Reed in 2023\u2019s \u201cScream VI\u201d and later appearing in \u201cAmber Alert,\u201d \u201cA Breed Apart\u201d and \u201cSleepwalker.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just a month before her death, Panettiere abruptly canceled a planned appearance at Creep IE Con. <\/p>\n

Her representative told Page Six at the time that the cancellation was \u201cdue to a private family matter concerning the health of an elderly relative.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Hayden Panettiere, star of \u2018Heroes\u2019 and \u2018Nashville,\u2019 dead at 36<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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