Here is a fact-based, emotionally engaging version built around Hayden Panettiere’s own accounts of Jansen’s death, her grief, and the guilt she described.
E
E! Online
+1
Hayden Panettiere Opened Up About Her Brother Jansen Years After His Sudden Loss — and the Guilt She Carried
For Hayden Panettiere, losing her younger brother Jansen was not simply the loss of a beloved family member. It was the loss of someone she described as her best friend, her other half, and a person she never imagined having to live without.
Jansen Panettiere died suddenly in February 2023 at the age of 28. His death was attributed by his family to cardiomegaly, or an enlarged heart, along with aortic valve complications.
A
ABC News
+1
Years later, Hayden continued to speak about him with an honesty that revealed just how complicated grief can become.
There was love.
There was heartbreak.
There were memories.
And, perhaps most painfully, there was guilt.
