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"Kevin Zegers has said that he was stunned by the death of close friend Cory Monteith. Monteith passed away at the age of 31 in Vancouver last month from a mixed drug toxicity involving heroin and alcohol.   The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones star Zegers opened up about his friendship with Monteith in a chat with Bello, and described the star&amp;#039;s death as &amp;quot;tragic&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s probably the closest person I&amp;#039;ve ever lost,&amp;quot; Zegers said. &amp;quot;It was a heavy and weird month. Cory was the nicest man I knew. [Addiction] is a f**king horrible disease.&amp;quot; He continued: &amp;quot;By the grace of God, I&amp;#039;m not dead. I think it&amp;#039;s something that constantly reveals itself as something that happens to people who, for whatever reason, don&amp;#039;t get well, and it was by no lack of him trying or anyone else trying to help him get well. &amp;quot;Eventually, your body just says, &amp;#039;No, it&amp;#039;s enough&amp;#039;. But it doesn&amp;#039;t make it any less sad or tragic. I think the problem people had was that he looked healthy and he never showed the struggles he was having.&amp;quot;  Zegers worked with Monteith on the film All the Wrong Reasons. Monteith&amp;#039;s girlfriend Lea Michele returned to the Glee set for the first time since his death this week, and has revealed that she recorded a musical tribute to the actor. Glee will address Monteith&amp;#039;s death in the third episode of its upcoming season. Photo Gallery: Cory Monteith&amp;#039;s life in pictures  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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