Hayden Panettiere's Family Reveals Jansen Panettiere's Cause Of Death

Hayden Panettiere is speaking retired astir brother Jansen Panettiere nearly 2 weeks aft his death.

While appearing connected Good Morning America March 6, the Scream VI actress thanked co-anchor Michael Strahan for his condolences earlier showing her never-ending bond with her precocious sibling.

"He's close present with me," she said portion holding backmost tears astatine the extremity of her interview. 

Hayden, 33, and her household experienced a tragic nonaccomplishment erstwhile Jansen passed away Feb. 19 successful New York astatine the property of 28. Soon after, his family paid tribute to his beingness successful a idiosyncratic statement. 

"Jansen's bosom could beryllium seen successful his eyes, and his charm successful his brilliant, engaging smile; his psyche successful his masterful and revealing paintings, and the joyousness of beingness successful his adust wit," Hayden—along with mom Lesley Vogel and dad Skip Panettiere—told E! News Feb. 27. "His charisma, warmth, compassion for others, and his originative tone volition unrecorded everlastingly successful our hearts and successful the hearts of each whom helium encountered."

"We sincerely admit the outpouring of emotion and enactment towards our household arsenic we navigate this unthinkable loss, and inquire that we beryllium talented our privateness during this clip of mourning," the household concluded. "We emotion you truthful overmuch Jansen and you volition beryllium successful our hearts forever."

Like his older sister, Jansen broke into Hollywood astatine a young age. His earliest gigs included an quality connected a 2002 occurrence of Disney Channel's Even Stevens and dependable enactment for the Jacob Two-Two animated series.

Outside of acting, Jansen had a passionateness for coating and often shared his enactment connected Instagram. One of his past posts was a photo of his partner, Catherine Michie, posing adjacent to a colorful portrait.