Hilary Duff's Emotional Tribute to Hayden Panettiere After Heartbreaking Loss

Hilary Duff is paying tribute to fellow child star Hayden Panettiere after the actress’ death at age 36.

“Sweet Hayden. Really tough hearing this news,” Duff, 38, wrote in a statement shared via Instagram on Tuesday, August 18. “We lost touch through the years, but I will always remember you as so hardworking and effervescent, with that big, gorgeous smile.”

The “Wake Up” singer continued, “I remember staying up late, chatting and gossiping, and connecting because we were part of such a small sliver of people who actually understood the strange lot in life we were navigating ... so young, with no real idea how to make sense of any of it.”