Hayden Panettiere was found dead yesterday in South Carolina. No cause of death has been revealed.

I first spoke to her when she was 15 and starring in a TV movie...I watched it before we spoke and was very impressed at her acting ability and told her so a few days later when I interviewed her. You can hear highlights of that interview on the Morning Show page here on WHUD.com

A few years later she rose to international stardom as Claire Bennet...the cheerleader on NBC's "Heroes". Of course this Bennett took notice!

After that it was the ABC series "Nashville" where she showed off his singing ability.

That was when I interviewed her again and she recalled growing up in Palisades Rockland County and when I asked if she listened for my school closing announcements...she said yes but I believe she was was just being polite.

I got her to record a greeting for our listeners after forgetting to get it done during the fist interview. She did it and then I told her that I had instituted what I called the "Hayden Panettiere Rule"...she said WHAT is that?

I said I make everybody record a greeting even if they aren't a household name at the time...because I failed to do that with Hayden and she became a BIG star. She laughed.

Now at age 36 she is gone which is very hard to comprehend but the Hayden Panettiere rule will live on and I'll happily explain it to all the "celebrities" I'll interview from now on :(