Lea michele speech on cory monteith death pictures

Emlyn Travis is a news writer at Entertainment Weekly with over five years of experience covering the latest in entertainment. She joined EW in August Lea Michele is paying tribute to her Glee costar and former partner Cory Monteith on the year anniversary of his death. On Tuesday, the actress shared on Instagram a black-and-white snapshot of her and Monteith smiling while cuddled close together.

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I hold all of our memories in my heart where they will stay safe and never forgotten. Michele and Monteith starred as glee club members Rachel Berry and Finn Hudson, respectively, on the beloved Fox series. Offscreen, the pair dated from until Monteith died from a combination of drug and alcohol toxicity at 31 the following year.

I miss you big guy. I hope you found Taylor up there and are playing the drums together," she concluded, seemingly a reference to late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died unexpectedly while on tour in In the years since his death, Michele and her fellow Glee castmates have taken to social media to remember Monteith by sharing photos and memories of their time together.

Michele also has multiple tattoos in honor of Monteith, including one of the number five, which was the number on Finn's football jersey. The show paid tribute to Monteith in a season 5 episode titled "The Quarterback" before returning for its sixth and final season in