Lea Michele breaks silence after Cory Monteith death

Monday, July 29, 2013

SANTA MONICA, CA - MAY 11: Lea Michele and Cory Monteith at the Los angeles premiere of Glee" at Santa Monica High School on May 11, 2009 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/APImages)

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LOS ANGELES -- Lea Michele is breaking her silence online after her "Glee" co-star and real-life boyfriend Cory Monteith died of an overdose earlier this month.

The actress posted a photo of her and Monteith on Twitter Monday, along with a message thanking her followers for "helping me through this time with your enormous love & support."

"Cory will forever be in my heart," Michele wrote.

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Monteith was found dead July 13 in Vancouver, British Columbia. An autopsy revealed the 31-year-old actor died of an overdose of heroin and alcohol.

He and Michele played an on-again, off-again couple in the popular Fox series and were an off-screen couple for about a year.