Entertainment Tonight video / Monday, Aug. 17, 2026 / New details on the death of actress Hayden Panettiere, dead at 36: Police and paramedics responded to a 9-1-1 call of an unresponsive woman on Sunday afternoon in South Carolina, dying at the scene. The case is under investigation but there are no signs of fould play or suspicious circumstances. She would have turned 37 on Friday.