Jansen Panettiere

Panettiere was born Jansen Rane Panettiere on September 25, 1994, in Palisades, New York, to Lesley R. Vogel, a former soap opera actress, and Alan Lee "Skip" Panettiere, a fire department lieutenant.{{cite journal |url=http://www.people.com/people/hayden_panettiere |title=Hayden Panettiere bio |journal=people.com |access-date=April 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704023638/http://www.people.com/people/hayden_panettiere |archive-date=July 4, 2007 }} He was the younger brother of actress and model Hayden Panettiere.{{cite interview |subject=Hayden Panettiere |interviewer=Chris Moyles |title=The Chris Moyles Show |publisher=BBC Radio 1 |date=August 31, 2007}}

Panettiere had a supporting role in the Disney Channel Original Movie Tiger Cruise, which starred his sister Hayden. This was one of two productions featuring both siblings onscreen, the other being The Forger. Panettiere voiced Periwinkle in the Nick Jr. show Blue's Clues for its sixth and final season, replacing Kenny Kim. He lent his voice to Racing Stripes. He portrayed the voice of Truman X in The X's. He starred as Luke Malloy in the made-for-television Nickelodeon film The Last Day of Summer, airing on July 20, 2007. It was released on DVD on August 28, 2007.

His next film, The Perfect Game, was going to be released in theaters on August 8, 2008, but Lionsgate Films decided to push it back to the spring of 2010. The Perfect Game is directed by William Dear, based on the true story of how a group of boys from Monterrey, Mexico become the first non-U.S. team to win the Little League World Series. Panettiere also co-stars with Gavin MacLeod in The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry, a film directed by Rich Christiano about faith and friendship. He appeared with Martin Sheen, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Christine Lahti, as Elliott Perry in Dustin Lance Black's play 8, a reenactment of the Perry v. Schwarzenegger trial, at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre on March 3, 2012.{{cite web |title=West Coast Premiere of "8" |url=http://www.afer.org/8losangeles/ |access-date=March 18, 2012 |work=American Foundation for Equal Rights |date=March 3, 2012}} The performance was broadcast on YouTube to raise money for the American Foundation for Equal Rights.{{cite AV media |title="8": A Play about the Fight for Marriage Equality |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlUG8F9uVgM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/qlUG8F9uVgM |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|medium=YouTube |access-date=March 18, 2012 |date=March 3, 2012 |author=American Foundation for Equal Rights |author-link=American Foundation for Equal Rights }}{{cbignore}}{{cite news |title=YouTube to broadcast Proposition 8 play live |url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/03/01/youtube-to-broadcast-proposition-8-play-live/ |newspaper=pinknews.co.uk |access-date=March 18, 2012 |first=Stephen |last=Gray |date=March 1, 2012}}

In 2019, Panettiere guest starred in the AMC network series The Walking Dead and co-starred in MTV's How High 2.

Panettiere died of aortic valve complications arising from cardiomegaly in Nyack, New York, U.S. on February 19, 2023,{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Greg |date=2023-02-27 |title=Jansen Panettiere Family Reveals Actor's Cause Of Death |url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/jansen-panettiere-cause-of-death-cardiomegaly-enlarged-heart-aortic-valve-complications-hayden-1235272908/ |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=Deadline}}{{cite news |last=Osborne |first=Mark |title=Panettiere family remembers late actor Jansen, says he died from enlarged heart |url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/panettiere-family-remembers-late-actor-jansen-died-enlarged/story?id=97483137 |work=ABC News |date=February 27, 2023 |language=en}} at age 28.{{Cite magazine |last=Wynne |first=Kelly |date=February 20, 2023 |title=Hayden Panettiere's Younger Brother Jansen Dead at 28 |url=https://people.com/tv/hayden-panettieres-younger-brother-jansen-dead-at-28/ |magazine=People |access-date=February 22, 2023}}{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Greg |date=2023-02-27 |title=Jansen Panettiere Family Reveals Actor's Cause Of Death |url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/jansen-panettiere-cause-of-death-cardiomegaly-enlarged-heart-aortic-valve-complications-hayden-1235272908/ |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}

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