Actress Hayden Panettiere’s death has been ruled an accidental overdose by the Greenville County Coroner’s Office in South Carolina. The 36-year-old “Nashville” star was found unresponsive in an apartment in Greenville in August. Her system contained fentanyl, a powerful drug often linked to overdose deaths, along with four other substances: 4-ANPP, alprazolam (Xanax), methocarbamol (Robaxin), and quetiapine (Seroquel). The Drug Enforcement Administration is investigating the source of the fentanyl, considering whether it came from South Carolina or was brought from California, where Panettiere had traveled from the day before her death. A memorial service was held in California, attended by her co-star Connie Britton and other celebrities.
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Hayden Panettiere’s death ruled accidental overdose
