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Hayden Panettiere spoke optimistically about the future in a heartbreaking interview just months before her shocking death, saying she had \u201ca lot more life to live.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The \u201cNashville\u201d and \u201cHeroes\u201d star told podcaster Jay Shetty in May that she was excited to move forward with her life after years of \u201cdarkness\u201d and personal struggles.<\/p>\n

\u201cI finally feel like I have shaken off all of this darkness and this negativity,\u201d the 36-year-old actress said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve closed one door and another door is opened \u2026 I can feel all the exciting possibilities. I feel like I have a lot more life to live.\u201d<\/p>\n

The actress appeared on the podcast to promote her memoir, \u201cThis Is Me: A Reckoning,\u201d in which she documents her battles with mental health and addiction.<\/p>\n

But as she discussed her painful past, she said her thoughts were focused on a brighter and happier future, and that she saw \u201cexciting possibilities\u201d ahead for her.<\/p>\n

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Panettiere suffered from severe postpartum depression after giving birth to her daughter, Kaya, in 2014, and made the difficult decision for the child to primarily live with her father, former heavyweight boxing champ Wladimir Klitschko.<\/p>\n

The actress\u2019 father confirmed her death in a statement Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden,\u201d Skip Panettiere said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cShe was an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immeasurable love and joy to all who knew her \u2014 and to the millions who watched her onscreen,\u201d the statement continued.<\/p>\n

Neither her cause of death, nor the circumstances behind it, were immediately provided.<\/p>\n

Read more Hayden Panettiere\u2019s death had no \u2018signs of foul play\u2019: Report<\/a><\/p>\n

The Post has reached out to Panettiere\u2019s rep.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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