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Cory Monteith’s Mum Reveals Lea Michele Broke The News Of His Death

The Glee actor died of a heroin overdose five years ago

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Thursday, July 19, 2018 - 10:08

Cory Monteith’s mum has opened up about the moment she learned her son has died, sharing that his girlfriend at the time, Lea Michele, was the one who first broke the news to her. 

Five years after the Glee star died of a heroin overdose, Ann McGregor has now given an interview to People in which she opened up about receiving the devastating information.

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“I got a call from Lea [Michele] and she was screaming on the phone,” she revealed. “She was yelling, ‘Is it true, is it true about Cory?’ and I said, ‘What about Cory?’ I had heard nothing. And then police knocked on my front door.”

As for her immediate reaction, Ann said she “went into a state of numbness” and revealed that she “shut of all emotions, and was numb” for several weeks. 

“I knew it was real, but there were times when I could lie to myself and say, ‘He’s in L.A., he’ll call me soon.’ I’m still always hanging on edge. When you lose someone who is such a big part of you, you lose all purpose for living.”

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Cory – who had a history of drug use and checked himself into rehab three times – was only thirty-one when he was found dead in a Vancouver hotel room, with blood tests showing traces of morphine, codeine, and heroin in his body.

Ann believes that some dental work he underwent may have effected his sobriety in the weeks leading up to his death: “He had a lot of medication in his system, which was not good for his body coming out of rehab.”

 

 

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