Hayden Panettiere’s Brother Jansen Panettiere Reportedly Dead at 28
21.02.2023 - 02:13
/ usmagazine.com
Hayden Panettiere‘s brother, Jansen Panettiere, has died, according to multiple reports. He was 28 years old.
Jansen, a graffiti artist who frequently shared his work via Instagram, died in New York, multiple outlets state. Us Weekly has reached out for comment.
Before becoming an artist, the late actor first followed in his sister’s footsteps in the entertainment world, getting his start 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, he voiced kitten Periwinkle on Blue’s Clues and nabbed the part of Joey in the Disney Channel Original Movie Tiger Cruise, starring Hayden, now 33.
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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. In 2006, he landed a voiceover role in the highly successful animated comedy Ice Age: 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.
The artist acted sporadically since his work in the early 2000s; his final roles were in 2021’s Bart Bagalzby and the Garbage Genie and 2022’s Love and Love Not.
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