Rivera’s body was found seven years to the day after co-star Cory Monteith died at 31 from a toxic mix of alcohol and heroin.Īnother co-star, Mark Salling, who Rivera dated at one point, killed himself in 2018 at age 35 after pleading guilty to child pornography charges.

Rivera’s death was the third of a major cast member of Glee, the Fox TV musical comedy that Rivera starred in from 2009 to 2015, playing a singing and dancing lesbian cheerleader. By Eliza Thompson Published: TarcherPerigee As cheerleader-turned-choir-star. The day before her death, Rivera tweeted a photo of the two of them that read, “just the two of us.” In her memoir, she called him “my greatest success, and I will never do any better than him.” The 13 Biggest Reveals From Naya Rivera's New Book She gets super real in her memoir Sorry Not Sorry. Josey was immediately reunited with his father and other relatives.

The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office said she was most likely trapped in thick vegetation underwater for several days before floating to the top. Josey, Rivera’s son with her former husband, actor Ryan Dorsey, was found sleeping and alone on the drifting boat later that afternoon.įive days later, her body was found floating in an area of the lake that is about 30 feet deep. Toxicology tests also showed she had small, therapeutic amounts of the anti-anxiety drug diazepam and the appetite suppressant phentermine in her system. It revealed that the 33-year-old Rivera had previous problems with vertigo, had a recent sinus infection, and had a small amount of prescribed amphetamines in her system, but did not identify physical conditions or drugs as factors in her death. The man who rented her the pontoon boat said she declined a life vest, but he put one aboard anyway.

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