DEA Joins Investigation into Hayden Panettiere's Death

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DEA Joins Investigation into Hayden Panettiere's Death
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  1. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has reportedly joined the investigation into actress Hayden Panettiere's death.

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    D.E.A. Joins Investigation Into Hayden Panettiere’s Death The actress spoke candidly about her drug use and “the downfall of addiction.” The local police have said there is no evidence of foul play in her death.

  2. Hickerson was among those at the Greenville apartment when Panettiere was found, and authorities executed a search warrant at the residence, according to the report. The police report claimed Zach appeared "very emotional" while paramedics worked to revive Panettiere. Meanwhile, Hickerson did not become emotional until the "Ice Princess" star was declared deceased.

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    GREENVILLE, S.C. — Hayden Panettiere’s on-and-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson and his brother Zach Hickerson were at the South Carolina apartment where the actor died over the weekend, according to a police report released Tuesday.

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    What to Know About Hayden Panettiere’s Death The “Nashville” and “Heroes” star had released a memoir months before she died at 36.

  3. Panettiere died Sunday at the age of 36. She was found unresponsive and in cardiac arrest at an apartment in Greenville, South Carolina. Resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful and the "Nashville" and "Remember the Titans" actress was pronounced dead.

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    Ms. Panettiere was found in cardiac arrest at a home in Greenville, South Carolina, and her cause of death remains under investigation. Neutrogena did not respond to a request for comment from The Washington Times.

  4. Preliminary autopsy results found no signs of trauma that contributed to her death, Fox News Digital confirmed.

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    No cause has been determined and her death remains under investigation. An autopsy found no signs of trauma and police said officers saw no signs of foul play.

  5. Panettiere had endured numerous family struggles, and tragedy. Her parents’ marriage was strained, and eventually ended. Her younger brother, Jansen Panettiere, who was also an actor, died of a heart condition in 2023, at age 28.

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    Panettiere’s younger brother, Jansen Panettiere, died unexpectedly in February 2023 at age 28.

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  1. 01 NYT Arts

    Derrick Parker, Known as New York’s ‘Hip-Hop Cop,’ Dies at 65 A veteran detective with deep connections in the city’s rap scene, he served as a one-man intelligence unit and liaison to the music world.

  2. 02 Newsweek

    The blockbuster “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” has fallen foul of censors in both Russia and Ukraine, according to reports, due to a song in the film by a Russian singer who has condemned Moscow’s full-scale invasion.

  3. 03 Rolling Stone Culture

    What happens when Peter Pan’s shadow has a shadow? Over the past two weeks, TikToker Toni Kulusich, better known as @babytoni99, has gone viral for videos of herself with Peter Pan at Disneyland. What might otherwise look like a routine character meet-and-greet has sparked a very different reaction online, with social media users questioning whether her decade-long fandom of a fictional character crosses a boundary.

  4. 04 Washington Times Culture

    Yahya Abdul-Mateen II says he doesn’t need a decoder ring to understand how it looks that two of Marvel’s Black-led superhero projects hit dead ends within a day of each other this summer.

  5. 05 Fox News Entertainment

    In an image shared earlier this week, Panettiere posed from a bathtub to protest marine parks like SeaWorld, "who sentence dolphins to a lifetime of suffering and loneliness in captivity," the organization said.

  6. 06 The Guardian Culture

    The recent Marvel’s Spider-Man games have become so tightly interwoven with the character’s core that they’ve been cited, by both actor Tom Holland and director Destin Daniel Cretton, as an influence on this year’s blockbuster film Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Now the same development studio – Sony-owned Insomniac Games – is taking on one of Marvel’s other most recognisable characters in his first video game-starring role since some deeply mid-tier film tie-ins back in the 00s. So can they pull off the same trick with Marvel’s Wolverine?

  7. 07 NYT Style

    A Red Wig Upsets Fans of ‘Spider-Man’ Sadie Sink, a natural redhead, wore faux red locks in her Marvel debut, leaving some viewers questioning the choice.

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Original Articles (20)

Lean Left D.E.A. Joins Investigation Into Hayden Panettiere’s Death — NYT Arts
Lean Left What to Know About Hayden Panettiere’s Death — NYT Arts
Lean Left Derrick Parker, Known as New York’s ‘Hip-Hop Cop,’ Dies at 65 — NYT Arts
Center Russia and Ukraine Censor Same Spider-Man Scene for Opposite Reasons — Newsweek
Center Who is Conor Anderson? Missing Colorado Man Found Dead in Nashville — Newsweek
Lean Left When Magic Turns Into Mayhem: Former Cast Members Speak Out About Disney Adults — Rolling Stone Culture
Lean Right 'Wonder Man' actor says Marvel 'optics' obvious after Black-led project cuts — Washington Times Culture
Lean Right Hayden Panettiere's Neutrogena claims resurface after her death at 36 — Washington Times Culture
Lean Right Hayden Panettiere's on-and-off boyfriend was at apartment where she died, police report says — Washington Times Culture
Lean Right Hayden Panettiere's final PETA campaign captured weeks before her death marked lifetime of advocacy work — Fox News Entertainment
Lean Right Hayden Panettiere's on-and-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson breaks silence after star's death — Fox News Entertainment
Lean Right Sandra Bullock says Bryan Randall was ill for 'half of our relationship' as she opens up about his death — Fox News Entertainment
Lean Right Hayden Panettiere death: DEA reportedly joins probe into what happened to late star — Fox News Entertainment
Lean Right Disney alum Christy Carlson Romano rips Hollywood for failing child stars after Hayden Panettiere’s death — Fox News Entertainment
Lean Right Hayden Panettiere’s ex Brian Hickerson reportedly handed police bag of medication after her death — Fox News Entertainment
Lean Right Police show up at home linked to Hayden Panettiere’s on-and-off boyfriend days after her sudden death — Fox News Entertainment
Lean Right Hayden Panettiere's mother points finger at Brian Hickerson after 'Nashville' star's death at 36 — Fox News Entertainment
Lean Left Marvel’s Wolverine: Spider-Man developers turn to a more cutthroat character — The Guardian Culture
Lean Left Tom Holland set to earn $100m from Spider-Man: Brand New Day — The Guardian Culture
Lean Left A Red Wig Upsets Fans of ‘Spider-Man’ — NYT Style