Hayden Panettiere's brother dead - Walking Dead and Ice Age star Jansen dies aged 28
ok.co.ukHayden Panettiere's younger brother Jansen has died aged 28. A representative for Hayden confirmed her brother's death to ABC News, as they said that a cause of death is unknown and that an investigation is underway.
The publication said that Hayden asked for privacy in the wake of Jansen's death. Another US media outlet, TMZ, quoted a source as saying Jansen's death was discovered after law enforcement was called to a residence in New York on Sunday evening around 5.30pm.
OK! has contacted Hayden's representatives for comment. Much like his actress sister, Jansen enjoyed a successful acting career, with a role in The Walking Dead, and starring alongside his sister in the 2004 Disney Channel movies Tiger Cruise and 2005's Racing Stripes.
In the early 2000's, Jansen appeared on Shia LaBeouf's show Even Stevens and had a recurring role in Nickelodeon's The X's. He also did plenty of voiceover work, including lending his voice to Shovelmouth Boy in 2006's Ice Age: The Meltdown, as well as Truman X in the Nickelodeon television series The X's, and Periwinkle in Blues Clues.TMZ reports that the actor was tied to five new projects at the time of his death.
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