- Lea Michele shared an emotional tribute to Cory Monteith on the 10th anniversary of his death.
- Monteith died from an accidental drug and alcohol overdose on July 13, 2013.
Lea Michele is honoring her former boyfriend and "Glee" costar Cory Monteith 10 years after his death.
In an emotional tribute on Instagram on Thursday, Michele shared a black-and-white photo of her and Monteith from their "Glee" days and a caption addressed to the Canadian actor.
"Hey you. 10 years. It feels like only yesterday that you were here and yet a million years ago all at the same time," Michele wrote. "I hold all of our memories in my heart where they will stay safe and never forgotten. We miss you every day and will never forget the light you to brought to us all. I miss you big guy."
Apparently referencing the Foo Fighters' drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died in 2022, she added, "I hope you found Taylor up there and are playing the drums together."
Monteith died on July 13, 2013, from an accidental drug and alcohol overdose. He was 31.
Michele and Monteith, who played leads Rachel Berry and Finn Hudson on the hit Fox show, dated off-screen from August 2012 until his death a year later.
After a brief hiatus from shooting, "Glee" filmed a tribute episode to Monteith and his character, titled, "The Quarterback." However, showrunner Ryan Murphy said in November 2022 that he would have handled Monteith's passing and the continuation of the series differently in hindsight.
"I felt like it was way too raw and way too soon," he told "Glee" stars Kevin McHale and Jenna Ushkowitz on an episode of their "That's What You Really Missed" podcast. "If I could do it all over again, knowing now what I do know, I probably would've said, 'You know what? We're gonna take a year off and then we're gonna check in and see.' But all of us did know that when that happened, our hearts all kind of broke. And we were all kind of done. The spirit and joy of it has left the building."
Michele went on to marry businessman Zandy Reich in 2018, and the couple welcomed their son, Ever Leo, on August 20, 2020.