Hayden Panettiere’s Brother Jansen Panettiere Reportedly Dead at 28
According to numerous sources, Jansen Panettiere, Hayden Panettiere’s brother, has passed away. Age-wise, he was 28.
Many media outlets report that Jansen, a graffiti artist who frequently published his work via Instagram, passed away in New York.
The late actor first followed in his sister’s footsteps into the entertainment industry before becoming an artist, beginning his career on the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon in the early 2000s.
Per IMDb, Jansen kicked off his career in 2002 with a one-episode role on Even Stevens. Two years later, Hayden, who is now 33, cast him as Joey in the Disney Channel Original Movie Tiger Cruise, and he also played the kitten Periwinkle on Blue’s Clues.
The Hope & Faith alum continued to provide his voice to several different children’s programs throughout the decade, including starring as Truman X on the Patrick Warburton-led animated series The X’s. He was given a voiceover part in the wildly popular animated comedy Ice Age in 2006: The Meltdown portraying a young elephant named Shovelmouth Boy. One year later, Jansen scored the biggest role of his career by starring in the Nickelodeon original movie Last Day of Summer.
Since his career in the early 2000s, the actor has very occasionally performed; his last parts were in the movies Bart Bagalzby and the Trash Genie from 2021 and Love and Love Not from 2022.
According to Jansen’s Instagram account, he focused primarily on his art career until his death. The Fog actor often posed photos of his pieces, mainly working with brightly-colored spray paint to create vivid graffiti-like abstract art.
On Saturday, February 18, the New York native shared two pieces of his work via Instagram. “I like this one. #rane,” he captioned the bold works of art.
Jansen — who was the uncle of Hayden’s 8-year-old daughter Kaya, whom she shares with ex Wladimir Klitschko — previously praised his sister in a sweet interview from when they were teens.
Hayden Panettiere’s Brother Jansen Panettiere Reportedly Dead at 28
“She gets me a little more noticed; she gets me in magazines,” Jansen, who was 13 at the time, said of Hayden in an interview with TV Fanatic in 2007. “She gives me a kick-start. With The Last Day of Summer, they will notice me more because she is my sister. It is almost like you are looking in a book, and the bookmark is my sister and she is basically showing me, she is able to push me out there. She helps me tremendously.”
Per IMDb, Jansen kicked off his career in 2002 with a one-episode role on Even Stevens. Two years later, Hayden, who is now 33, cast him as Joey in the Disney Channel Original Movie Tiger Cruise, and he also played the kitten Periwinkle on Blue’s Clues.
The Hope & Faith alum continued to provide his voice to several different children’s programs throughout the decade, including starring as Truman X on the Patrick Warburton-led animated series The X’s. He was given a voiceover part in the wildly popular animated comedy Ice Age in 2006: The Meltdown portraying a young elephant named Shovelmouth Boy. One year later, Jansen scored the biggest role of his career by starring in the Nickelodeon original movie Last Day of Summer.
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Hayden, for her part, joked at the time that she could still “beat him in a fight.” Jansen replied, “When I turn 14, dude, I’ll beat the shiitake mushrooms out of you.”
Jansen is survived by his sister, Hayden, and their parents, Lesley Vogel and Skip Panettiere.
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