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"Lea Michele has opened up about the death of her boyfriend and Glee co-star Cory Monteith. Monteith passed away in Vancouver in July from an accidental overdose involving a mixed drug toxicity.  Michele has largely shied away from the spotlight since Monteith&amp;#039;s death, but has now spoken to TV Week Australia about grieving for the actor. &amp;quot;I feel like, for me personally, I&amp;#039;ve lost two people: Cory and [his Glee character] Finn,&amp;quot; Michele said. &amp;quot;We had a beautiful memorial for Cory in the auditorium and some of the cast members sang and people spoke about him.  &amp;quot;It only felt right that we would do the same thing for Finn [on the show], so I felt it was very therapeutic.&amp;quot; Michele added of returning to Glee mere weeks after Monteith&amp;#039;s death: &amp;quot;Everyone is asking, &amp;#039;Is it hard to do this? Is it hard to be back at work?&amp;#039; &amp;quot;But the truth is it&amp;#039;s no harder at work than it is in life so we might as well all be together as a family supporting each other to get through this together.&amp;quot; The actress also discussed Glee&amp;#039;s upcoming tribute to Monteith in the episode &amp;#039;The Quarterback&amp;#039;, which will write out the character of Finn Hudson.  &amp;quot;I haven&amp;#039;t seen it yet, but we did it because it was something we all needed to do together,&amp;quot; Michele explained. The star added that she is thankful that she was &amp;quot;lucky enough&amp;quot; to have Monteith in her life for many years. Glee airs &amp;#039;The Quarterback&amp;#039; on Thursday (October 10) on Fox in the US. The episode will air on October 18 in the UK on Sky 1. Cory Monteith - life in pictures:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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