Don't Dream It's Over

Last Saturday, Cory Monteith, actor, singer and star of Glee was found dead in his hotel room in Vancouver, Canada. He was 31 years old. Reports say he died from a mix of heroin and alcohol and that Cory had struggled with substance abuse since his teens. Those who follow such things knew he had checked himself into rehab in April or May. But this all came as a shock to me. He seemed to be one of those least likely to be mixed up in that kind of stuff. He seemed, like his character Finn Hudson, a goofy, awkward, boy next store with hidden talents. On his Twitter profile he described himself as "tall, awkward, canadian, actor, drummer, person"

 The suddenness of his death is apparent in his last two tweets in which he said:

"What the crap is sharknado. Oh. IT'S A SHARK TORNADO."

Hardly the last words you'd plan. Before that, after a plea for Tornado relief for Oklahoma in May, a two month absence, during which he was apparently in rehab, his first tweet in July was "...so...what did I miss?" He seemed happy, enjoying life. Not that any average Glee fan could claim to know Cory as a person, still, we didn't see this coming. Just goes to show, you never know.

There were so many great Glee moments we have to remember Cory. His portrayal of Finn as a hopeful, goofy, sometimes insecure, oftentimes romantic, but always lovable football jock always made me laugh and smile. I was lucky enough to get to see Cory perform with the rest of the cast here in Vegas during the Glee Live tour of 2011. And now he's gone. Much too soon.