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Jansen andHayden Panettiere’s father, Alan Lee “Skip” Panettiere, thought his son was doing just fine before his unexpected death.
PEOPLE confirmed on Monday that Jansen died in New York over the weekend. He was 28 years old.
The report states that Jansen’s friend Benjamin Brown showed up to his Nyack apartment after Jansen failed to show up for a business meeting. Upon arrival, Brown found Jansen in his living room “sitting upright in a chair unresponsive”.
Though Jansen was not breathing at the time and was cold to the touch, the friend performed CPR on him until first responders arrived.
When EMTs made it to the scene, they saw Jansen laying on his back on the floor of his living room and eventually pronounced him dead. His body was later transported to the Rockland County morgue, according to the report.
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While Jansen’s cause of death is currently unknown, a source told TMZno foul play was suspected. The report also indicated that “there were no obvious signs of trauma observed.”
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His last on-screen appearance before his untimely death was in the 2022 holiday filmLove and Love Not.According tohis IMDb page, he had four upcoming projects in the works.
Aside from his Hollywood aspirations, Jansen had a love for art thathe regularly sharedacross his Instagram page. One ofhis more recent uploadsappeared to be a portrait of his girlfriend, Catherine Michie, which he captioned with a blue heart emoji.
source: people.com
