Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVOn the fateful July 13, Naya Rivera’s family’s worst nightmare came true. After five agonizing days of a search operation at Lake Piru, the body of the former Glee actress was recovered.
Rivera, a daughter, mother and sister, was 33.The gut-wrenching photos of Rivera’s parents and brother at the lake last week showed a family coping with unimaginable grief.
Yesterday, they got closure by getting their girl back.And while nothing will alleviate their pain, in their first public statement, released to Deadline by Rivera’s manager Gladys Gonzalez on their behalf, Rivera’s family chose to focus on what Naya brought to them and how they will remember her.
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