14 DAY TRIAL // “Glee” actor Cory Monteith, perhaps one of the most popular stars on the musical series, died last weekend in his hotel room in Vancouver. The British Columbia Coroners Service has just announced the official cause of death: heroin and alcohol overdose.
You can check out the full announcement in the video below, as made by Coroner Barbara McLintock of the BC Coroners Service.
Mrs. McLintock says that toxicology tests showed a “mixed toxicity and it involved heroin primarily and also alcohol,” with the cause of death being an overdose.
She also explains that Monteith’s family is “aware of the situation” and is asking for privacy during this time of terrible grief.
The Coroners office is still investigating and will not be making further announcements until the investigation is officially closed.
Perhaps anticipating such an announcement, Cory’s cousin Richard Monteith spoke to the media for the first time since the actor’s death yesterday, pleading with fans and the press to remember him for the amazing artist and even more amazing human being he was, and not for the demons that tormented him since a very young age.
“Please don’t judge on what is gonna be coming out. Glass half full. All the good things that he’s done. There’s more things on that side to focus on. Cory was beautifully genuine. He would do anything for anyone. Give you the shirt off his back,” Richard said, as we also informed you.
“People are gonna focus on this last chapter as a bad thing. Don’t use the last chapter do judge someone’s life… Because his life is full of beautiful stories and failures and successes,” he added.
Cory Monteith was very open about his drug and alcohol addiction, often saying it was a wonder he was still alive considering how much of the stuff he’d taken over the years.
However, in recent months, he seemed to be getting better, after doing another 30-day stint in rehab in April.
