India, Aug. 17 -- Actress Hayden Panettiere's younger brother, Jansen Panettiere, died unexpectedly of a heart condition at 28 three years before her tragic death. Hayden spoke out about it in a 2024 interview with People.

"When something that massive has happened to you, you really learn to pick your fights and just not let the little things upset you," she told People in 2024 about the death. "Because once something so horrific, so deep, so catastrophic happens in your life, there's not much that can really rock you."

Also a child actor like his sister, Jansen died in February 2023 from aortic valve complications and an undiagnosed enlarged heart. Hayden told People that after losing her only sibling, she gained 40 pounds from the str...