Hayden Panettiere shared a heartfelt message to commemorate her late brother, Jansen Panettiere, on what would have been his twenty ninth birthday.
Hayden, 34, took to Instagram on Monday, September 25, posting a poignant childhood photograph of herself and Jansen smiling whereas posing beneath a Christmas tree. Within the caption, she wrote, “Completely satisfied Birthday little brother. I miss you on a regular basis. I’ll love you ceaselessly ❤️.”
Her tribute comes seven months after Jansen died at his New York house in February at age 28. In response to an Orangetown Police Division report obtained by Us Weekly, a good friend discovered Jansen “sitting upright in a chair unresponsive” after he didn’t present as much as a enterprise assembly. The good friend carried out CPR on Jansen till EMTs arrived and finally pronounced him lifeless.
Jansen’s father, Alan Lee “Skip” Panettiere, defined to the authorities that “he spoke to [the] deceased through phone the night time earlier than and he sounded okay.”
Jansen’s household — together with Hayden, Skip and his mom, Leslie Vogel — confirmed later that month that he died of aortic valve problems, which was a results of cardiomegaly (an enlarged coronary heart).

“Jansen’s coronary heart could possibly be seen in his eyes, and his allure in his sensible, partaking smile; his soul in his masterful and revealing work, and the enjoyment of life in his dry wit,” they famous in an announcement to Us. “His charisma, heat, compassion for others, and his artistic spirit will dwell ceaselessly in our hearts and within the hearts of all whom he encountered.”
Weeks after her brother’s passing, Hayden appeared on Good Morning America to advertise her film and received emotional about her loss “He’s proper right here with me,” she stated, placing her hand on her coronary heart.
Jansen was an actor and appeared in a number of motion pictures, together with Ice Age: The Meltdown, The Martial Arts Child and The Forger. He made his first TV look on Disney Channel’s Even Stevens when he was simply 8 years outdated. Jansen was additionally an artist and produced quite a few colourful summary work, which he steadily posted through his Instagram account. His final social media add was a photograph of his girlfriend, Catherine Michie, posing in entrance of a portrait seemingly painted by Jansen. It was uploaded on February 17 — simply two days earlier than his dying.


