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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Jim Manzon

Hayden Panettiere Died From a Counterfeit Fentanyl Pill and a DEA Hunt for the Dealer Is Now Underway

Hayden Panettiere, who wrote openly about opioid addiction in a memoir released months before her death at 36 in South Carolina (Credit: Pop Crave/X)

Hayden Panettiere died of an accidental overdose. A South Carolina coroner has ruled the actress's death an accident caused by fentanyl and other drugs, and federal agents are investigating whether she obtained a counterfeit pill, possibly from a California source.

The Greenville County Coroner's Office confirmed on Tuesday that Panettiere, 36, died from the toxic effects of fentanyl, 4-ANPP, alprazolam, methocarbamol, and quetiapine. An autopsy found no signs of trauma, and the manner of death was ruled accidental.

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