reporter: glee actor cory monteith struggled for years with substance abuse died of an overdose of heroin and alcohol. there s absolutely nothing at this point, no evidence to suggest this is anything other than the most sad and tragic accident. reporter: police say he had been dead for several hours before being found in his room before going into his room at this vancouver hotel. we won t say what we found in his room other than saying there were indications in the room this was a drug overdose. reporter: the 31-year-old was open about his struggles with addictions saying he s lucky to be alive, in an interview with parade magazine in 2011, most recently checking out of rehab in april with on screen and off screen girlfriend lea michele by his side. faithfully reporter: he s known for most as the jovial jock turned singer on glee in september he challenged himself to a much darker role in mechanic one that ironically paralleled his own battle with addiction. m
than a sad and tragic accident. reporter: police say he had been dead for several hours before being found in his room before going into his room at the hotel. there were indications in the room this was a drug overdose. reporter: the 31-year-old was open about his struggles with addictions saying he s lucky to be alive, in an interview with parade magazine in 2011, most recently checking out of rehab in april with on screen and off screen girlfriend lea michele by his side. faithfully reporter: he s known for most as the jovial jock turned singer on glee, he challenged him to a darker role in mechanic one that ironically paralleled his own battle with addiction. mallory, hey, i m cory. reporter: and this is believed to be monteith s last video shot on the plane to vancouver. the actor gave advice to his fans. stay out of trouble and stay in school. reporter: his constant affection for his fans.
thanks for coming. thank you very much. i d like to see you again soon. reporter: we mention no obvious signs of a drug overdose, but we should also point out that last month at a concert in serbia she was staggering, she was slurring her words, they booed her off the stage, she canceled the rest of the concert tour. now her pr person acknowledges that she had served a number of set backs in her battle with addiction. she also now becomes, martha, a member of that fabled 27 club. butt these on the screen, here, this is amazing. brian jones, the founding member of the rolling stones, janice joplin the queen of rock. jimi hendrix. kurt could he bane, jim morrison all died at the age of 27, and now you can add amy winehouse to that list as well. i mean, really remarkable. martha: it is incredible that all of those, you know, great musicians, famous people all died at the age of 27. so now i guess we just wait,
here is her father talking to amy winehouse the next day. thanks for coming. thank you very much. i d like to see you again soon. reporter: we mention no obvious signs of a drug overdose, but we should also point out that last month at a concert in serbia she was staggering, she was slurring her words, they booed her off the stage, she canceled the rest of the concert tour. now her pr person acknowledges that she had served a number of set backs in her battle with addiction. she also now becomes, martha, a member of that fabled 27 club. butt these on the screen, here, this is amazing. brian jones, the founding member of the rolling stones, janice joplin the queen of rock. jimi hendrix. kurt could he bane, jim morrison all died at the age of 27, and now you can add amy winehouse to that list as well. i mean, really remarkable. martha: it is incredible that all of those, you know, great
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