Jansen Panettiere, Brother of Actress Hayden Panettiere, Dead at 28
Jansen Panettiere, the younger brother of Nashville and Heroes actress Hayden Panettiere, has died at age 28, TMZ reported Monday.
The report cited a family source who said Jansen died over the weekend and that foul play is not suspected.
Jansen, like his sister, began acting as a child, including voicing a cat named Periwinkle on the sixth season of Blue’s Clues. His acting credits also include the 2007 Nickelodeon film The Last Day of Summer, the animated TV show The X’s, and the 2009 baseball drama The Perfect Game. More recently, he guest-starred in a 2019 episode of The Walking Dead.