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'Nashville' Cast Mourns Loss Of Hayden Panettiere: 'We Are Heartbroken'

Connie Britton , Charles Esten, Sam Palladio and other members of the Nashville cast have shared emotional tributes in memory of their late co-star, Hayden Panettiere.

The Palisades, New York-born actress died on Sunday afternoon (August 16) at a home in Greenville, South Carolina. She was 36. Among many other roles throughout her career, Panettiere was known for playing ambitious country-pop sensation Juliette Barnes on the musical TV series. Nashville premiered in 2012 and ran until 2018. The Callie Khouri-created show followed "the lives and tragedies of rising and fading country music stars in Nashville, Tennessee," reads its description on IMDb.

Many of Panettiere's co-stars and others in the country music community have mourned her loss in emotional tributes, shared sentimental memories of her, and more. Scroll below to find tributes to Hayden Panettiere.

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