However, other members of the Nashville actor’s family – including her father Skip Panettiere – and Hollywood heavyweights are among 150 expected for the celebration of life at a church in the Los Angeles beach suburb of Malibu on Saturday (US time), TMZ reported.
“Sources told us Hayden loved the ocean and whales, making the coastal setting at a church in Malibu especially meaningful to her family.”
Hayden Panettiere and Brian Hickerson at the celebration of life event for Panettiere’s younger brother Jansen Panettiere in 2023. Photo / Getty Images
Panettiere’s parents divorced in 2016 and she had a tumultuous relationship with her mother in her final years, TMZ reported.
Vogel accused Brian Hickerson – previously jailed for domestic violence involving the late actor – of having for years “enabled” Panettiere, who had a history of substance abuse and alcoholism.
“This person in her life that we have been trying to get rid of for quite some time was with her at her death, and that was Brian Hickerson,” Vogel told NBC News.
Hayden Panettiere was a child actor in US soap opera Guiding Light. Photo / Instagram, thelocheroom
The former child actor, whose big screen credits included Scream 4, Ice Princess and Remember the Titans, is also survived by her daughter, Kaya.
The 11-year-old was in the primary custody of her father, retired heavyweight boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko, but had remained in contact with her mother, US media reported.