{"id":864189,"date":"2026-08-22T09:06:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T09:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/864189\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T09:06:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T09:06:14","slug":"hayden-panettiere-death-heartbreaking-tributes-to-hayden-panettiere-on-37th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/864189\/","title":{"rendered":"Hayden Panettiere death: Heartbreaking tributes to Hayden Panettiere on 37th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hayden Panettiere<\/a>\u2019s loved ones have shared emotional tributes for what would have been the late actress\u2019s 37th birthday.<\/p>\n

The Nashville star\u2019s former fianc\u00e9 Wladimir Klitschko<\/a>, with whom she shared 11-year-old daughter Kaya, remembered Panettiere in a heartbreaking post shared just days after her sudden death.<\/p>\n

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Wladimir Klitschko shared an emotional birthday tribute to his former fianc\u00e9e Hayden Panettiere.\u00a0@klitschko<\/p>\n

\u201cToday is Hayden\u2019s birthday. Instead of celebrating the way we had planned, today we celebrate her life, her spirit, and the love she brought into this world,\u201d he wrote<\/a> on Instagram.<\/p>\n

Klitschko went on to thank Panettiere\u2019s fans and friends for the support they have shown to her family in the days since her death.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to thank all of Hayden\u2019s fans, friends, and everyone who has reached out for the incredible outpouring of love and support,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt a time filled with so much sadness, your kindness has reminded me that there is still so much good in humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re reading this, I ask just one thing: even if only for a moment, think about LOVE. Reach out to a friend. Forgive someone. Be kind.<\/p>\n

\u201cLove is a superpower. Use it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Klitschko ended the tribute with a final message to Panettiere: \u201cHappy Birthday, Hayden. \u2764\ufe0f You are loved, you are missed, and you will never be forgotten.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Connie<\/p>\n

Connie Britton remembered her former Nashville co-star with a post.\u00a0@conniebritton<\/p>\n

Her Nashville co-star Connie Britton<\/a> also shared a message to Panettiere on her birthday, posting a tribute to her Instagram Story.<\/p>\n

\u201cHappy birthday,\u201d Britton wrote. \u201cYou live on in the light.\u201d<\/p>\n

Panettiere had reportedly been looking forward to celebrating her birthday.<\/p>\n

Her former Nashville co-star Sylvia Jefferies told Page Six<\/a> the pair had discussed surprising fellow castmate, Charles Esten, at his concert in Greenville, South Carolina.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were going to try to surprise him because it was my birthday and then her birthday, of course, is on Friday,\u201d Jefferies said. \u201cBut that didn\u2019t happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Panettiere had also reportedly planned to travel to Europe to spend time with Kaya around her birthday.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was so excited to see her and was telling everyone how much she was looking forward to spending time with her,\u201d a source told the outlet.<\/p>\n

Panettiere died on August 16<\/a> at the age of 36 after being found unresponsive at a property in Greenville, South Carolina.<\/p>\n

Authorities are continuing to investigate her death, with an official cause<\/a> yet to be announced.<\/p>\n