Hayden Panettiere poses nearly naked in bathtub & tears up in emotional vid just two weeks before death

HAYDEN Panettiere posed in a bathtub and teared up during an emotional campaign video just two weeks before her death.

The beloved Heroes and Nashville star was found “unresponsive” at a luxury Airbnb in Greenville, South Carolina, on Sunday.

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Hayden,who struggled with opioid and alcohol addiction,was described by 911 dispatchers assuffering from a cardiac arrest and suspected overdose.

Now, a revealing video has been released showing the actress make an appeal on behalf of PETA, or People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

Hayden can be seen posing in a bathtub and delivering an emotional message on the cruelty of marine animal captivity.

She said: “Imagine spending your entire life in a bathtub. Thats what its like for dolphins and whales in tiny tanks at marine amusement parks.”

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Hayden continues by lamenting the fact that dolphins, who swim up to 60 miles a day in the wild, are kept from their ocean homes and confined to small tanks.

She asked: “Can you imagine their frustration, their trauma, their depression?

“All thats important and crucial for their well-being is ripped away.

“They swim in endless circles, day after day, year after year, in front of gawking, screaming spectatorsoften being poked and prodded.

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Hayden was a well-known campaigner for animal welfare, once paddling through blood-stained waters in Japan to stare down dolphin hunters during their animal massacres.

The act was filmed as part of the 2009 documentary The Cove, which went on to win the Oscar for best documentary feature.

The actress frequently denounced marine parks such as SeaWorld, calling their confinement of complex, far-ranging marine animals “disgusting”.

“Hayden Panettiere became a household name playing a hero on TV, but in real life she was a hero to animals,” PETA wrote on Instagram alongside a video of the new campaign.

“You can hear the emotion in her voice as she urges others to stand with her and help end this cruelty.”

The charity lauded the campaign as “one of the last acts of her short, impactful life.”

A PETA representative told Page Six that the video was shot on July 22 and that Hayden was “wonderful” on set.

Hayden was found “unresponsive” by Zach Hickerson, brother of her on-and-off boyfriend Brian, in a chair in the living room of the Airbnb, according to TMZ.

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Brian had been asleep in a separate room at the time, the outlet reported.

After 911 was called, Brian showed officers the medication that Hayden was taking at the time of her death,NBC Newsreported.

Brian did not become visibly emotionaluntil EMS declared Hayden dead, according to a heavily redacted report released by Greenville Police.

Narcan, a nasal spray used to reverse the effects of opioid overdoses, was reportedly discovered on the mattress of the apartment where she was staying.

Authorities have not determined that an overdose caused Haydens death, and the coroners findings remain pending.

An autopsy was completed on Monday, and officials said that no signs of trauma were discovered that would have contributed to the death.