“I so deeply wish this wasn\u2019t the end for you,” wrote Duff in her poignant tribute<\/p>\n
\n\tHilary Duff<\/a> penned a tribute to Hayden Panettiere<\/a> following her death<\/a> on Sunday at the age of 36.<\/p>\n \n\tThe actress recalled growing up alongside Panettiere as young stars navigating fame. In the early 2000s, Duff starred in\u00a0the hit television series\u00a0Lizzie McGuire, and Panettiere featured in the film\u00a0Remember the Titans, acting opposite Denzel Washington. Panettiere would later land her breakout role in 2006, when she played cheerleader Claire Bennet on the popular sci-fi series\u00a0Heroes. <\/p>\n \n\tDuff looked back at their shared experience and the moments of joy in between. \u201cSweet Hayden. Really tough hearing this news,\u201d Duff began in a social media post. \u201cWe lost touch through the years but I will always remember you as so hardworking and effervescent, with that big, gorgeous smile. I remember staying up late, chatting and gossiping, and connecting because we were part of such a small sliver of people who actually understood the strange lot in life we were navigating.. so young, with no real idea how to make sense of any of it.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tShe added, \u201cI so deeply wish this wasn\u2019t the end for you. Sending a heart full of love to your family, the many people you impacted and everyone who loved you. Rest easy.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n \n\tTributes from fans and colleagues across Hollywood<\/a> have poured in following Panettiere\u2019s tragic death. In addition to\u00a0Remember the Titans\u00a0and\u00a0Heroes, the actress was also known for her memorable roles in Bring It On: All or Nothing, Ice Princess, and the TV series Nashville. Her death is being\u00a0investigated<\/a>\u00a0by South Carolina\u2019s Greenville Police Department after an apparent overdose.<\/p>\n Brittany Snow, who also began her career in Hollywood as a young actress and starred with Panettiere on the soap opera\u00a0Guiding Light, shared a remembrance of her former co-star. \u201cI was lucky enough to play your sister for 3 years. I related to you so much in so many ways. Ways that I never even told you,\u201d wrote Snow. \u201cYour talent was remarkable & so was your determination to be a bold, bright shining light. And you were.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“I so deeply wish this wasn\u2019t the end for you,” wrote Duff in her poignant tribute Hilary Duff…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":863532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75,83360,43964],"class_list":["post-863531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-hayden-panettiere","tag-hilary-duff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}