RIP Corey Monteith of Glee

[topdog]

Cory Monteith, known to Glee fans as the handsome, not too bright, but incredibly decent Finn Hudson, died over the weekend. Here is an excerpt below from the LA Times article, Cory Monteith dead: Troubled actor, 31, was upbeat after battling addictions.

Cory Monteith appeared a few months ago as if he was truly looking forward to the future, having finally put behind him the demons of substance abuse that had plagued him since he was a youth.

"Sending out my love to everyone," the "Glee" star said in a late April tweet to fans following a month-long stint in rehab. "Thank you for the continued support. It means the world to me." The tweet ended with a smiley face.

He was pictured in magazines that month smiling and vacationing with longtime girlfriend and "Glee" costar Lea Michele, who had proclaimed her steadfast support for Monteith through his struggles. And he was planning to return to "Glee," the television show that had made him a heartthrob for fans known as "Gleeks."

Monteith's apparent happiness and turnaround made the news of his death even more shocking to costars and fans. The body of the 31-year-old actor was discovered Saturday shortly after noon in a room at the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel in downtown Vancouver after he failed to check out as scheduled.

Police noted there seemed to be no evidence of foul play and said an autopsy was planned for Monday to determine the cause of death.

If you didn't follow Glee, I'm sure this means nothing. But especially for those of us who followed the show from it's awkward beginnings, it feels like loosing a friend.

I remember a year or so ago when a friend of mine that works on the Paramount Studios lot (where Glee is filmed) told me that the nicest two actors he had ever met were Corey Monteith and co-star Darren Criss. So it seems that the "nice guy" thing was not an act.

 

[reasek1]

This really is very sad -such a friendly and talented young guy, taken from us too soon.

RIP Corey.

 

[prinz4ming]

It is incredibly sad and a horrible waste of a young talented (and good looking) man. Im a total gleek and I agree...its almost like losing a friend

RIP Cory

 

[cammikun]

A true waste. RIP

 

[roy1f]

The show won't be the same now we know Finn and Rachel won't get to live together happily ever after. RIP

 

[Kev706]

That was very sad news.