Why cory monteith

I don't know how. So far, Michele's response has been to just give herself time; the year-old actress pushed back the release of her as-of-yet untitled solo record into When we first met William McKinley High's football captain, no one would have suspected the clean-cut actor playing him had a drug problem. Monteith was raised in Victoria, British Columbia, mostly by his mother, an interior decorator.

His parents split when he was seven, and Monteith didn't see much of his dad, who was in the military. By 13, the actor was using drugs and alcohol; by 16, he was "out of control," he told Parade in , into "anything and everything," and "as much as possible" of it.

He never finished high school, and after an intervention by friends and family, Monteith first went to rehab at It wasn't until years later, when he was caught stealing money from a family member to feed his habit, that he committed to getting his life together.

He worked as a roofer, drove a school bus, was a Walmart greeter, and eventually started taking acting classes. Then, a video he made of himself drumming on Tupperware with pencils in his kitchen got him cast on Glee ; it was his first big acting job.

Though four years his junior, Michele was by that point already a veteran performer, having been on Broadway since childhood. An award-winning role as Wendla in the Tony-winning rock musical Spring Awakening had christened her a bona fide star. Plus, everyone knew Glee had been developed with Michele in mind.

Monteith liked to talk about how intimidated he felt by her accomplishments and how nervous he was to meet her, a thought that still makes Michele smile. The pair briefly dated at the beginning of Glee , but "no one really caught on," the actress says.

They were both adjusting to celebrity life in Los Angeles, being followed by paparazzi and obsessed over by some 10 million viewers, who'd fallen in love with their show overnight. Together, they became a spokescouple for the increasingly powerful Glee brand. Since its debut, the show has become a cross-genre phenomenon. In addition to winning six Emmys and four Golden Globes, the show's soundtracks have sold more than 13 million copies worldwide, helping to fuel several Glee Live!

By marrying over-the-top musical numbers with issues of sexual confusion, racial conflict, and the awkwardness of adolescence, the show also reshaped what network television could be. By late , Monteith and Michele were officially a couple. Michele is circumspect about what she knew when, and how she tried to help.

We had a full life, and that had lots of different details that will be ours forever, for only us to know. Considering her well-documented focus and ambition—and those extraordinary pipes—Michele might strike you as someone who was a musical-theater-fanatic kid, the kind who breaks into Annie songs at the dinner table.

In fact, she didn't even sing as a child. Born Lea Sarfati, the actress was definitely a natural performer, but, always doing voices and accents, she seemed more like a comedian than a vocalist. You don't sing!

This is for Broadway! And that comes with such relief. You don't have this internal agita— what should I do with my life?! My parents were encouraging but chill," she says. My family respects that this is really, truly what I love, but it's also my job. When I'm with them, I'm Lea Sarfati. Michele's parents met in their Bronx neighborhood when they were barely teenagers.

He was Jewish; she was an Italian Catholic. Their courtship was "not quite accepted," Michele says, but they've been together "for, like, a hundred years.

At the time police Constable Brian Montague said: "There was evidence in the room that was consistent of a drug overdose. Cory's official cause of death is listed as "mixed drug toxicity, involving intravenous heroin use combined with the ingestion of alcohol". It was noted at his inquest that Cory had a history of drug use with intermittent periods of rehabilitation and of abstinence from drugs.

The troubled actor had recently spent time in a rehab clinic for substance addiction prior to his death. Lea Michele makes a point to pay tribute to her late boyfriend and Glee costar, Cory Monteith , every year on the anniversary of his death. Whether she writes a heartfelt note or shares a sweet throwback photo, she does not let the day pass without honoring him.

The Monte Carlo star died at age 31 of an accidental mixed drug toxicity, involving heroin and alcohol. He was found in a Vancouver, Canada, hotel in July The actor completed a stay in rehab months prior to his death.

The pair dated from until his death.