Glee star Cory Monteith found dead at Vancouver hotel
While there is no indication of foul play, actor Cory Monteith had drug addiction problems
Cory Monteith, the handsome young actor who shot to fame in the hit television series Glee but was beset by addiction struggles so fierce that he once said he was lucky to be alive, was found dead in a Vancouver hotel room, police said. He was 31.
Monteith, who played the character Finn Hudson on the Fox TV series about a high school glee club, was found dead in his room on the 21st floor of the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel on Vancouver's waterfront at about noon on Saturday, according to police.
Deputy Police Chief Doug Lepard said there was no indication of foul play. Monteith's body was found by hotel staff after he missed his check-out time, Lepard said.
"We do not have a great deal of information as to cause of death," coroner Lisa Lapointe said.
Lepard said Monteith had been out with people earlier and that those people were being interviewed.
Fox and the producers of Glee, including 20th Century Fox Television, called him an exceptional performer "and an even more exceptional person. He was a true joy to work with and we will all miss him tremendously".
In April, Monteith admitted himself to a treatment facility for "substance addiction" and asked for privacy as he took steps towards recovery.