Cory Monteith, who played heart throb Finn Hudson in the Fox hit "Glee," was found dead in a Vancouver hotel room Saturday, police said. He was 31.
Vancouver police said the cause of death was not immediately apparent, but they ruled out foul play.
Medical examiners will conduct an autopsy Monday.
Monteith's body was discovered by staff members at the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel after he missed his checkout time, acting Chief Constable Doug LePard told reporters.
He had checked into his room July 6.
The actor apparently had several people over to his room at one point Friday night, but LePard said Monteith was seen on hotel surveillance video returning to his room in the early morning hours by himself.
One of his castmates on "Glee," Mark Salling, tweeted a simple "no" after police held their news conference.
Dot-Marie Jones, who plays the football coach at the fictional William McKinley High tweeted: "I have no words! My heart is broken. Cory was not only a hell of a friend, he was one amazing man 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 his family and our whole Glee family! I love you all!"
On the show, Monteith played the dim quarterback of the football team at the Ohio high school who is forced to join the glee club. After graduation, he comes back to town and helps direct a musical at the school.
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Offscreen, he was dating co-star Lea Michele.
"We are in shock and mourning this tragic loss," his publicist, Melissa Kates, said in an e-mail.
Monteith spent time in rehab this year, checking into a drug addiction treatment facility in late March.
He had been frank about his struggles with substance abuse, telling Parade magazine in 2011 that he began using drugs at 13, and by 19 went into rehab after his mother and friends intervened.
Monteith had been on the musical comedy show since it began in 2009.
In 2011, he won a Teen Choice Award for top actor in a comedy. The show's cast won a Screen Actors Guild Award for an ensemble in a comedy the previous year.
He was in three projects that are in post-production, according to the Internet Movie Database.
One of them was a movie entitled "All The Wrong Reasons," also starring Kevin Zegers. He tweeted that his heart was broken.
"I've never lost a friend this close. This feels like a mistake," he wrote. i don't watch glee (not my type of show), but i think its popular here in the philippines
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Post by: Prime™ on July 14, 2013, 04:40:46 PM
Don't watch glee anymore, used to nung 1st season but I'm increasingly getting more and more estranged by the story line, aside from that they don't play 80s songs as much as they did the first time which I enjoyed.
Anyway, this is tragic specially for this dude's family and fans. Young, top of his career and bright future sana. Drugs probably was the cause of death? Anyway too soon to tell.
MJ, Houston and Ledger among others. Substance abuse is a very real thing, regardless of the glitz and glamour, it can get the best of us.
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Post by: fayt on July 14, 2013, 04:42:34 PM
Tsk tsk.... Oh well there is no fame and fortune in the God of death...
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Post by: Zurca on July 14, 2013, 04:47:40 PM
yup, naalala ko tuloy sina mj and whitney houston
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Post by: animazoo on July 14, 2013, 05:08:29 PM
Gone too soon...
I also stopped watching the moment they focused on the gay themes (no offense sa third six here)... I just think it's not right to flaunt that behaviour to teens who are having a hard time determining their orientation...
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Post by: xxxchoholic Rai ♥ on July 14, 2013, 10:26:51 PM
well one good looking actor died at really young age
sayang rin siya kawawa naman, and i think he is good on what he do
minus the substance addiction..
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Post by: iceprince on July 15, 2013, 04:53:20 PM
mukhang mag-iiba ang story ng GLEE...
well, it's a loss...sayang at mukhang madami pa sana syang magagawang maganda...
condolences... :( :( :(
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Post by: ¿m☺ÿ on July 15, 2013, 06:09:12 PM
i always watch glee whenever i have a chance.... mahilig din kasi ako sa musical... this is a good reminder para sa mga sikat, to be careful and always take care of their health....