{"id":867536,"date":"2026-08-22T15:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T15:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/867536\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T15:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T15:38:10","slug":"wladimir-klitschko-remembers-hayden-panettiere-on-her-37th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/867536\/","title":{"rendered":"Wladimir Klitschko Remembers Hayden Panettiere on Her 37th Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tWladimir Klitschko, the former fianc\u00e9 of Hayden Panettiere<\/a>, paid tribute to the actress on what would have been her 37th birthday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tKlitschko took to Instagram on Friday to honor Panettiere, who died at age 36 on Sunday<\/a>. The former boxer thanked friends and fans of the Heroes star for their \u201cincredible outpouring of love and support.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\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 Klitschko wrote about Panettiere, with whom he shared an 11-year-old daughter, Kaya. \u201cI want to thank all of Hayden\u2019s fans, friends, and everyone who has reached out for the incredible outpouring of love and support. At a time filled with so much sadness, your kindness has reminded me that there is still so much good in humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the post, Klitschko called on supporters to choose \u201clove\u201d and \u201creach out\u201d to those who may be in need.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIf you\u2019re reading this, I ask just one thing: even if only for a moment, think about LOVE,\u201d he wrote. \u201cReach out to a friend. Forgive someone. Be kind. Love is a superpower. Use it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHappy Birthday, Hayden,\u201d he concluded alongside a photo of Panettiere. \u201cYou are loved, you are missed, and you will never be forgotten.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tPanettiere and Klitschko dated on and off for several years after meeting in 2009. The pair became engaged in 2013 and welcomed daughter Kaya in December 2014 before splitting four years later.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tPanettiere agreed to give Klitschko sole custody of Kaya when their daughter was 3 amid Panettiere\u2019s struggles with postpartum depression and addiction, which she recalled in her memoir<\/a>, This Is Me: A Reckoning, published earlier this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tOn Sunday, Aug. 16, Panettiere was found unresponsive and in cardiac arrest inside an apartment in Greenville, South Carolina. She was pronounced dead at the scene, according to officials. Klitschko shared a statement<\/a> two days later, acknowledging the family\u2019s \u201cprofound shock and grief\u201d over Panettiere\u2019s death.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tRecognized for her roles<\/a> in Heroes, Nashville and the Scream franchise<\/a>, Panettiere began her career as a child star on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. She went on to star in a string of hit films, including A Bug\u2019s Life, Remember the Titans, Ice Princess and I Love You, Beth Cooper.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe coroner\u2019s office overseeing Panettiere autopsy indicated in a statement<\/a> on Monday that there were no signs of trauma found on her body. An official cause of death has not yet been announced.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wladimir Klitschko, the former fianc\u00e9 of Hayden Panettiere, paid tribute to the actress on what would have been…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":867537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75,83360],"class_list":["post-867536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-hayden-panettiere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867536","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=867536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/867537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=867536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=867536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=867536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}