Kiana Underwood was the fourth character associated with Nickelodeon to die within approximately six weeks of each other at the end of 2025 and the beginning of 2026 and the ninth to depart this world since 2018.
Before her death in a hit-and-run accident on Friday, Jay Moon (Nickelodeon animation composer) died this month at the age of 63, Jim Ward (The Fairly OddParents) died in December at the age of 66, and Jeff Garcia (the voice of Shane from Jimmy Neutron) died his last month at the age of 50.
Notably, Michelle Trachtenberg, a popular actress who started as a child on Nickelodeon, died at the age of 39 in February 2025, and voice actor Tony Germano, died in November 2025 at the age of 55 after a fatal fall at home.
Cody Longo, who started on the Nickelodeon mini-series Hollywood Heights, died in February 2023 at the age of 34.
Jansen Panettiere, the actor and voice actor, died in February 2023 at the age of 28, and Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of SpongeBob SquarePants, died in 2018 at the age of 57.
Meanwhile, TMZ reports that Kianna Underwood has been identified as the victim in a horrific crash that left her dead after she was dragged into two buildings in Brooklyn early Friday morning.
The 33-year-old, who appeared on the series All That in 2005, suffered severe trauma to her head and torso… when a gray car, driven by an unknown suspect, was heading west on Pitkin Avenue and struck her as she was crossing the street at Pitkin and Mother Gaston avenues, the outlet reported.