Monday, TMZ reported that Jansen Panettiere, the younger brother of Nashville and Heroes actress Hayden Panettiere, passed away at 28. According to a family member quoted in the newspaper, Jansen died over the weekend, and foul play is not suspected. Like his sister, Jansen started acting as a child, playing Periwinkle the cat in the sixth season of Blue’s Clues. His other acting credits include the Nickelodeon film The Last Day of Summer (2007), the animated television series The X’s (2009), and the baseball drama The Perfect Game (2009). In 2019, he appeared as a guest on an episode of The Walking Dead.

Jansen recently started painting; his Instagram is crammed with examples of his work, and his website describes him as an artist in New York who grew up in the entertainment industry. His website states, “After spending time in Los Angeles as an adult, he suffered from severe anxiety and sadness; this era in his life eventually led to a spiritual clarity that compelled him to begin painting his difficulties one by one.”