The cursed series Glee… The actors die one by one… The lifeless body of Naya Rivera, who was lost in the lake, was also found.
While the search for Naya Rivera, the 33-year-old lead actor of the world-famous musical series Glee, who went to Lake Piru with her son Josey and disappeared, the police announced that a dead body was found in the lake.
Naya Rivera’s father, George Rivera, took on the most difficult task of his life and identified his daughter’s dead body.
According to The New York Times, Ventura sheriff Bill Ayub explained that the dead body they found belonged to Naya Rivera. The sheriff said they guessed Naya Rivera was able to carry her son onto the boat, but she had no energy left to save herself. According to the police statement, Rivera’s 4-year-old son, Josey, also witnessed her disappearance in the lake before her mother’s eyes.
An autopsy will be conducted to confirm the cause of death of Naya Rivera, located at a depth of 15 meters.
The disappearance of Naya Rivera, who was on the cast of the musical Glee, one of the most watched TV series of a period, in Lake Piru in California reminded the events of the past. Thus, Naya Rivera became the third famous star to die in the series.
These events that happened to the series staff over the years are really interesting. Scandals, suicides, tragic deaths, It brought to mind the comment “I think there is a curse in this series”, which was also said by an employee of the behind-the-scenes team of the series, which attracted the attention of the young audience in particular.
Here are the misfortunes experienced by both the behind-the-scenes staff and the stars of Glee:
Cory Monteith:
Monteith was found dead in a hotel room in Vancouver, Canada in 2013. The death of the 31-year-old actor, that he had a romantic relationship at the time, mourned his fans, especially Lea Michele, the actor of the same series. In the autopsy, it was determined that Monteith died because he consumed it by using drugs and alcohol.
Mark Salling:
The name of Mark Salling, one of the actors of the Glee series, was first involved in a scandal, and then the actor commited suicide. Salling was prosecuted in 2015 for having child pornography material in his home, the actor pleaded guilty.
The player, who was asked to be sentenced to 4 to 7 years in prison, ended his life before the court was completed.
THERE ARE DEATHS FROM THE BACK OF THE CAMERA
The death of Monteith was not the only tragic event the cast of the Glee drama suffered. Two more people from the behind-the-scenes team died in a short time. Only in just two years (2023-2014).
The drama’s assistant director Jim Fuller died of a heart attack in his sleep. Before his shock was over, another death news came, this time. In 2014, the production assistant Nancy Motes (side) was found dead in her home bathroom. It was determined that the 37-year-old woman died by mixing prescription and non-prescription drugs.
Nancy Motes was the sister of famous actress Julia Roberts. The suicide note he left behind was blaming his older sister Roberts. After this incident, production assistant Cristina Lageman, who was also a close friend of Nancy Motes, spoke about all this, “Glee is a cursed drama, we lost another person”.
RACISM IS ARGUED
Lea Michele, who plays the main female character in Glee, also faced accusations of racist insults to her set friend last month. Samantha Marie Ware, who also starred in the same series, claimed that Michele humiliated her on the set of Glee.
Due to these allegations made just after George Floyd’s victim of police violence in the USA, Michele’s advertising face was dismissed by the company.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Naya Rivera, who disappeared in Piru Lake in California, where she went with her son, had a much talked about incident. Rivera was detained three years ago for allegedly abusing his wife, Ryan Dorsey.
AN AWARDS-WINNING SERIES
The Glee series, whose first episode was aired on May 19, 2009, bid farewell to the audience on March 20, 2015, with the final episode. The series, which won many awards, including Emmy, was in the genre of musical drama.