Glee Cast Talk Death Of "Important" Character

Actor Chord Overstreet has spoken about the upcoming 'Funeral' episode...

The stars of Glee have teased the forthcoming Funeral episode of the hit US TV series, with actor Chord Overstreet revealing that the cast member who passes away is "very important" to the show.

As we previously reported, a character in Glee is to be killed off before the season finale, with Jenna Ushkowitz - who plays Tina-Cohen Chang - claiming their death "affects everyone."

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Overstreet, who plays Gleek Sam Evans, has now revealed more details about the sad episode, telling our US Team: "There's eight of the Glee kids that are definitely not dying, and then the other four you're gonna have to guess."

He teased: "The four that it's going to be down to, it's going to be down to Lea Michele, Cory [Monteith], Schuester [Matthew Morrison] and Jane Lynch, those guys are up."

The star then said: "I'm kidding! There's going to be a death in the cast and the person that dies is very important in the show and that's all I can say."

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The 22-year old explained: "Everyone's going to be surprised, but I think it shows a dramatic side to everybody in the cast. It's a good episode; it's really strong."

Chord's co-star Jenna Ushkowitz also went on to confirm who doesn't die, adding: "Somebody does die ... Tina Cohen-Chang [Ushkowitz's character] does not die."

She added: "I don't die. Anything is possible, but I don't think any of us expected a funeral on the show."

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