Actor Cory Monteith was found dead from a suspected drug overdose in a Vancouver hotel room at the weekend. Picture: Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images for Chrysalis Source: Getty Images
GLEE star Cory Monteith's troubled life goes back almost 20 years, to when he was a 13-year-old skipping class to get high.
The 31-year-old actor, who played Finn in the popular TV series was found dead from a suspected drug overdose in a Vancouver hotel room. Monteith checked into the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel on July 6 and had been due to leave the hotel yesterday.
GALLERY: CORY'S LIFE IN PICTURES
Staff became concerned when he failed to check out on time. They went to his room and discovered his body at midday, local time.
Vancouver Police hold a press conference on the sudden death of Glee actor Cory Monteith.
His partner and co-star, a "devastated" Lea Michele has asked for privacy to grieve.
Monteith had been a high achieving student who at the age of five could read at the level of a fourth grader, but whose world fell apart when he was seven and his parents divorced.
Cory Monteith with Glee co-star and fiancee Lea Michele during filming of the show in Central Park.
He and his brother went to live with their mother in British Columbia, Canada and saw little of their father, who was in the Canadian military.
He told Parade magazine in an interview two years ago, he felt like an "outsider" and started smoking cannabis and getting drunk.
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By the time he was 16, he had attended 12 different schools or learning centres for troubled teenagers. "I burned a lot of bridges," he said. "I was out of control."
Monteith decided to quit school altogether and his drug use escalated. By the time he was 19, his drug use had reached the point of "anything and everything, as much as possible".
"I had a serious problem," he recalled.
Afraid that he "could die," his mother and a group of friends staged an intervention.
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"That's when I first went to rehab," he said. "I did the stint but then went back to doing exactly what I left off doing."
Then Monteith had what he described as a "crystallizing event".
"I stole a significant amount of money from a family member," he told Parade.
"I knew I was going to get caught, but I was so desperate I didn't care. It was a cry for help.
"I was confronted and I said, 'Yeah, it was me.' It was the first honorable, truthful thing that had come out of my mouth in years."
Monteith confessed he had been stealing things to fund his drug habit, and getting away with it, for years, but this time the family member threatened to press charges if Monteith didn't clean up his act.
"I was done fighting myself. I finally said, 'I'm gonna start looking at my life and figure out why I'm doing this,' " he said.
The star pulled his life together but in late March it appeared the demons had returned.
The actor issued a statement that he had "voluntarily admitted himself to a treatment facility for substance addiction" and "graciously asks for your respect and privacy as he takes the necessary steps towards recovery".
MR SCHUE'S MUSICAL TRIBUTE
Glee co-star Matthew Morrison has remembered Monteith in a musical tribute during a gig in New York.
34-year-old Morrison, who plays music teacher Will Schuester in the popular TV show, sang an a capella version of What I Did For Love as a musical tribute to Monteith during his performance at Manhattan's 54 Below.
"You guys came to see a show, I came to perform a show, so that's what we'll do. And we'll do it in Cory's honor," Morrison told the audience though he acknowledged that going on stage after receiving the news was awkward.
The song he sang also featured in season two of Glee.
Some of the 'Glee' actor's moments on the show. Credit: Glee
Morrison's very Glee tribute to his co-star is the latest in a series of star tributes that have emerged in the wake of Monteith's tragic death.
GLEE FAMILY IN MOURNING
His co-star Mark Salling, who portrays Finn's best friend Noah Puckerman in the series, was one of the first to express his shock, simply tweeting: "No."
Dot-Marie Jones plays Coach Beiste in Glee and was also close to Cory. She revealed she is "heartbroken" by his passing.
"Cory was not only a hell of a friend he was one amazing men that I will hold close to my heart forever I am blessed to have worked with him and love him so much! My heart is with hid family and our whole Glee family! (sic)" she posted on her Twitter page.
Kristin Chenoweth previously had a guest spot on the show and said Cory would "be loved always".
Glee director Adam Shankman said the "lights in the world just grew dimmer" after hearing the news.
Monteith's publicist said: "We are so saddened to confirm that the reports on the death of Cory Monteith are accurate. We are in shock and mourning this tragic loss."
Glee producers Fox and 20th Century Fox Television released a statement, describing Monteith as "an exceptional person".
LUCKY TO WORK WITH HIM, SAYS GEYER
Dean Geyer says he was lucky to have had the opportunity to star alongside Cory Monteith in Glee.
While the former Australian Idol contestant had limited screen time with Monteith, Geyer said he was glad to have had one opportunity to star alongside the late actor.
"I'm not quite to sure what to say :( I'm very glad I got to spend a day filming one scene with Cory," Geyer wrote on Twitter today.
"I found out exactly why his fans love him so much.
"He will be very sorely missed. And I do not believe that death is in any way final."
The 27-year-old then referred to a Bible passage about resurrection: "But your dead will live, Lord; their bodies will rise."
Glee star Cory Monteith tweeted this image when he meet Prince Harry at the Wireless Festival in Londons Hyde Park back in 2010. Picture: Cory Monteith/ @frankenteen/ Twitter Source: Twitter
FIANCEE AT A TOTAL LOSS
Meanwhile, his fiancee Lea Michele is said to be struggling in the wake of his sudden death.
Michele had vowed to remain strong for Monteith during his recent stint in rehab for substance abuse issues.
"I love and support Cory and will stand by him through this," she said earlier this year.
"I am grateful and proud he made this decision."
A representative for Michele, who was reportedly engaged to Monteith, said: "We ask that everyone kindly respect Lea's privacy during this devastating time", People reports.
The Canadian actor had been battling substance abuse and had a month-long stint in rehab in April, before the pair were reunited.
Cory Monteith had long battled with substance abuse and checked himself into rehab last April. Source: AP
At the time, Monteith Tweeted: "Sending out big love to everyone. thank you for the continued support! It means the world to me! :)"
Michele also chimed in on Twitter, saying, "Today is a great day :) Love you all! Xo."
Cory Monteith with girlfriend Lea Michele in January, shortly before he went into rehab. Source: AFP
OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY
Acting Chief Doug LePard of the Vancouver Police offered condolences to Monteith's "family, friends and millions of fans".
Vancouver Police say other people had been in Cory Monteith's hotel room earlier in the evening, but it is believed the star was alone when he died. Source: AP
"There were others with Mr Monteith in his room earlier last night, but video and fob key entries show him returning to his room by himself in the early morning hours and we believe he was alone when he died," he said.
"When he missed his check-out time, staff went to the room at noon and found his body.
Cory Monteith on the red capet with his fellow cast members. Source: AP
"We know there will be considerable interest in this case, and we have detectives assigned to the case who attended with our Forensic Identification Unit to examine the scene, to ensure to the extent possible that there are no unanswered questions.
Stars have remembered Cory Monteith as a 'talented young man' after he was found dead in a Vancouver hotel.
"Hotel video has been secured as well as room access records. Our investigators have spoken with hotel staff, who are providing the utmost in cooperation.
"An autopsy is scheduled for Monday. The Coroner will be determining the next steps with respect to establishing cause of death, but all indications are that there was no foul play," the police chief said. Monteith checked into rehab for substance addiction in April. At the time, his spokesperson declined to elaborate on the nature of the star's addiction.
"He graciously asks for your respect and privacy as he takes the necessary steps towards recovery," Monteith's spokesperson said in April.
STARS SHARE THEIR CONDOLENCES ONLINE
News of the star's tragic death has shocked Hollywood, with celebrities taking to Twitter to vent their grief.
One Direction singer Niall Horan described Cory as a "super nice guy" and said his thoughts were with the actor's loved ones at this difficult time.
MONTEITH OPEN ABOUT ADDICTION ISSUES
The Canadian actor and musician was candid about his long battle with substance abuse.
He entered rehab for the first time at age 19 and two years ago broke his silence in a bid to help others sharing his struggle.
"I'm not Finn Hudson," he said, "I'm lucky to be alive."
After Monteith turned his life around he moved in with a family friend, stopped using drugs, and got a job as a roofer and began working with an acting coach.
In one of his classes, the coach made play a character who was contemplating suicide, and for Monteith it was breakthrough moment, the first time he felt the satisfaction of "working hard and being good at something".
It was only after he went on to win his first acting job in 2005, thereafter scoring minor roles in films like the horror movie, Final Destination 3, that he gained confidence and appeared to have control of his addiction.
After scoring the lead role in Glee, Monteith went back to finish his high school studies, and felt he could speak publicly about his past.
Glee star, Cory Monteith enters rehab for substance abuse. Source Fox News
"I don't want kids to think it's okay to drop out of school and get high, and they'll be famous actors, too," he said in 2011.
"But for those people who might give up: Get real about what you want and go after it."
Cory Monteith in March 2012 with Naya Rivera during the 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. Source: Getty Images
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