What caused the dе аtհ of Hayden Panettiere’s brother? Inside the heartbreaking tale of her younger brother Jansen, a graffiti artist
For the first time, Hayden Panettiere has discussed her brother Jansen’s death in February 2023 at the age of 28 due to an unidentified cardiac disease.
“He was my only sibling, and it was my job to protect him,” the 35-year-old singer and actress said to People on Wednesday. I felt as though I had lost half of my soul when I lost him.
Panettiere said to People that she “will never be able to get over” the loss of her brother.”I will always be heartbroken about it,” she continued. I will always be unable to go past it. I will never be able to move past his loss, no matter how many years pass.
When Jansen passed away, Panettiere’s parents, Skip and Lesley Panettiere, released a statement stating that his’sudden demise was due to cardiomegaly (enlarged heart) coupled with aortic valve issues.’
They continued, saying, “We ask that we be granted our privacy during this time of mourning, and we sincerely appreciate the outpouring of love and support towards our family as we navigate this unimaginable loss.” Jansen, you are very loved and will always hold a special place in our hearts.
The performer, who was born in New York, admitted to People that she suffered from agoraphobia following the well-publicized family tragedy.
The Heroes actress claimed that while she processed the horrific occurrence, her levels of “stress and cortisol” increased, causing her to gain weight. “I just ballooned out,” she told the site.
“I knew I had to get out and keep moving or I’d never stop looking and feeling this way,” Panettiere said. “I didn’t feel confident to put on clothes and get out of the house.”
‘It became a terrible hamster wheel of, do I feel good enough to go out?’ she continued.
The Nashville singer claimed that in the wake of the sad incidents, she has grown somewhat wiser.
“You really learn to pick your fights and just not let the little things upset you when something that massive has happened to you,” Panettiere added. “Because there’s not much that can really rock you once something so horrific, so deep, and so catastrophic happens in your life.”
On February 19, 2023, graffiti artist Jansen Panettiere was discovered deceased in his Nyack, New York, apartment.
According to a police report written at the time of his death, three friends visited Jansen at his Nyack home after seeing him “unresponsive” and tried performing CPR on him.
When they arrived, emergency personnel discovered Jansen “laying on his back on the living room floor, not breathing, and cold to the touch with lividity,” according to the police.
Additionally, officials stated that they did not suspect foul play and that “no obvious signs of trauma observed.”
According to individuals who spoke with DailyMail.com last year, Jansen “seemed to have sobered up” after spending time in drug treatment. However, he had reverted into unhealthy behaviors.
According to his neighbors, Jansen was ‘popping them like gumballs’ when he took the drug Oxycodone in the years before his untimely death.
They claimed that when a “shabbily dressed” Jansen arrived at his house in the middle of the night, he looked “wasted.”
One neighbor claimed that he would arrive at 4 a.m. inebriated from his automobile. He claimed to have just returned from a shoot. He appeared to be in ruins.
The neighbor described Jansen as a “very nice guy,” “very friendly and generous,” and “he would always offer me help.”
The neighbor claimed that after Jansen “disappeared” for a while, “his father came and got his stuff out and said, ‘I have to get him out of here,'” and that he then “left for a year.”
“When he left, he probably went into rehab… when he came back, he looked okay at first,” the neighbor said. He appeared to be a different man. He returned with his head held high. From then on it was all downhill from him.
The film Amber Alert, which stars Panettiere, is scheduled to open in theaters on September 27.
