Cory Monteith, who played Finn Hudson on Fox’s “Glee,” was found dead in Vancouver, Canada, police said Saturday night. Social media site Twitter was ablaze with users expressing their condolences. Mark Salling, was the first “Glee” co-star to respond to his death.
Monteith was cast for “Glee” in 2009 and had appeared on the show since. He was 31.
Vancouver police’s Acting Chief Doug LePard said there was no foul play when he died, and he was alone. His family was notified around an hour before a press conference was held about his death.
“Mr. Monteith checked into the hotel in July 6th and was due to check out of the room today. 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.”
Hotel video and access records were secured as part of a police investigation, LePard said, adding there would be an autopsy on Monday to determine the cause of death.
“All indications are that there was no foul play,” he said.
On Twitter, users grieved over his death.
The Vancouver Police Department sent out its condolences to Monteith’s fans and family.
Monteith’s final tweets were about the recent “Sharknado” film on the SyFy channel.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this headline incorrectly said Grievances were expressed on Twitter, instead of Grief.
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