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©NBC/Courtesy Everett Collection Jack Coleman, the “Heroes” actor who played the father of Hayden Panettiere‘s Claire Bennet, posted an emotional tribute to his late co-star following her death this week at 36 years old.
“I’m heartbroken. I couldn’t begin to put my thoughts into words until now, and they will be inadequate,” Coleman wrote on Instagram alongside a carousel of photos of the two actors on the “Heroes” set throughout the years. “I’ve loved Hayden since day one of the pilot of ‘Heroes,’ 20 years ago, when she introduced herself by shouting ‘daddy’ and throwing her arms around me. From that day on, she called me daddio. She was Haydini, because she was a magician.”
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