It’s been nearly eight years since Glee star Cory Monteith’s death and today should have been the tragic actor's 39th birthday.
Best known for playing Finn Hudson in the hit show, the Canadian-born actor left a haunting legacy when he was found dead in a hotel room aged just 31, after taking a lethal combination of heroin and alcohol.
Ooff-screen, the star who shot to fame on the American musical comedy-drama had battled substance misuse since his early teens and left school at just 16.
After he was kicked out of dozens of schools his family intervened at 19 and a stint in rehab his acting career kicked off and a number of minor movie roles followed.
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