Hayden Panettiere's death comes a year after costar Michelle Trachtenberg

Hayden Panettiere passed away in August 2026, approximately one year after the death of her former costar Michelle Trachtenberg. Both actresses were former child stars who appeared together in the 2005 Disney film Ice Princess, where they portrayed the unlikely best friends Casey Carlyle and Gen Harwood. Prior to her own passing, Panettiere expressed gratitude for the memories she shared with Trachtenberg, mourning her colleague nearly a year before her own tragic death occurred.