Many continue to mourn actress and singer Hayden Panettiere who died at the age of 36 a week ago. Since the star’s passing was confirmed, many have paid tribute to Panettiere, from legions of fans to massive swaths of Hollywood stars. What many are also making note of are some of the comments the Heroes star made during the last year of her life. At this point, several of those sentiments are quite bittersweet but arguably none more so than Panettiere’s relatively recent declaration that she still had “more life to live.”
2026 was quite significant for the late Panettiere, as it marked the release of her memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning. While promoting the book, Panettiere participated in an interview on Jay Shetty’s On Purpose podcast this past spring. The former child actress opened up about various facets of her life and career, including the negative and positive aspects. Near the end of the conversation, Shetty asked Panettiere about deciding on the book’s title and said it stemmed from her entering a new phase in her life:
