Actor whose success as a child star led to roles in the Scream franchise and the TV series Nashville and Heroes The actor Hayden Panettiere, who has died suddenly aged 36, won worldwide fame at the age of 17 as the Texas high-school cheerleader Claire Bennet, one of the ordinary people with superhuman powers in the comic-book-style TV series Heroes. Her character has the gift of rapid cellular regeneration – being able to heal in seconds from injuries such as wounds, broken bones and burns. “Think Wolverine from the X-Men – minus the claw,” wrote one critic. Continue reading...