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Matthew Morrison is paying tribute to his late friend and Glee co-star Cory Monteith on what would have been the actor’s 37th birthday.

The 40-year-old entertainer posted a video on Instagram saying that he didn’t have anymore new photos to share for a tribute to Cory, so he and his wife Renee decided to do a puzzle featuring Cory‘s hometown of Vancouver.

“I love my brother, Cory Monteith. I love keeping his memory alive, and his bright light shining. He inspired so many, including myself,” Matthew captioned his post.

He added, “I hope you all embrace the ones you love extra tight this weekend (especially your Moms!), and take some thoughtful moments to remember loved ones passed. But most importantly, give yourself a little love… Because there is no one in this world quite like you!”

Cory died in July 2013 from a lethal combination of heroin and alcohol.

Cory Monteith‘s mom, Ann McGregor, is speaking about painfully hearing that her son had passed away in July of 2013.

At the time, Cory had been dating his Glee co-star Lea Michele, and Ann says Lea called her “screaming” to ask her about the tragic news.

“I got a call from Lea and she was screaming on the phone. She was yelling, ‘Is it true, is it true about Cory?’ and I said, ‘What about Cory?’ I had heard nothing. And then police knocked on my front door,” Ann recalled to People. “I went into a state of numbness. I just shut off all emotions, and I was numb.”

“I knew it was real, but there were times when I could lie to myself and say, ‘He’s in L.A., he’ll call me soon.’ I’m still always hanging on edge. When you lose someone who is such a big part of you, you lose all purpose for living,” Ann added.

Cory‘s mom spoke further about his tragic death, including what happened just before he died that may have contributed. If you don’t know, his cause of death was officially listed him as having “mixed drug toxicity, involving heroin and alcohol.”

Cory Monteith‘s mom, Ann McGregor, is opening up about his tragic death in July of 2013.

“He wasn’t ready for the Hollywood world,” Ann told People. “Drugs were his way of checking out.”

Ann says Cory admitted he was using drugs again in December of 2012. Cory went to rehab in April of 2013, but his mom relayed that he had massive dental work done between May and July.

“He had little teeth and they were all capped. He had a lot of medication in his system, which was not good for his body coming out of rehab,” Ann said. Cory‘s cause of death was officially listed him as having “mixed drug toxicity, involving heroin and alcohol.”

“He didn’t have enough drugs in his system to kill him, but for some reason it did because of his intolerance [built up by periods of intermittent sobriety],” she continued.

Ann added, “I still can’t pick up the pieces. My world totally stopped. And I’m a different person than I was before.” She continued, “Cory was such a loving and genuine person. And the best part of his life was still ahead.”

Our continued thoughts are with Cory‘s loved ones.

Lea Michele is remembering Cory Monteith on the five year anniversary of his passing.

The 31-year-old singer and actress took to her Twitter to share a photo of a sunset along with a beautiful quote.

“‘There are some who bring a light so great to the world, that even after they have gone, the light remains,’” Lea wrote, adding a heart emoji.

Cory, who struggled with addiction issues, tragically died back in July 2013 following a drug overdose.

Lea and Cory dated for over a year before his passing.

Our thoughts go out to Cory‘s friends and family on this difficult day.

Check out her touching post below…

Matthew Morrison is remembering his late Glee co-star Mark Salling with an Instagram post, in which he referred to the actor as an angel.

Matt posted a photo of him, Mark, and Cory Monteith, who died from an overdose in July 2013.

“😇�”😇,” Matt captioned the photo. He used angel emojis on either side of a sad face emoji. The angels are in reference to the two late actors.

Mark died of an apparent suicide on Tuesday morning (January 30). He plead guilty to possession of child pornography in December and was expected to be sentenced to four to seven years in prison as part of a plea deal.

The late actor’s family rep confirmed his death in a statement.

Make sure to read what other members of the cast are saying in their tributes.

Lea Michele is paying tribute to her late love Cory Monteith.

The 30-year-old actress posted a photo of them together on Twitter on the fourth anniversary of her Glee co-star and longtime boyfriend’s death.

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“Hard to believe it’s been 4 years… We miss you C… love you more ❤️” Lea tweeted with the sweet picture, which you can see below.

Cory tragically died back in July 2013 from a “mixed drug toxicity, involving heroin and alcohol.”

Our thoughts go out to Cory‘s friends and family today.

Lea Michele is opening up about her new album Places, and one song in particular.

The 30-year-old actress/singer hints at her track “Hey You” being about her late boyfriend Cory Monteith, calling the song a follow-up to “If You Say So” from her first album Louder.

“I wasn’t originally thinking of including that on the album. It’s sort of a sensitive subject for me that’s hard to talk about, and I didn’t want anything on the record that I couldn’t talk about,” Lea told PrideSource.com. “But it just felt so beautiful. It wasn’t about loss, it wasn’t about sadness. It was really about joy and love.”

“I love it so much, and I really feel it represents who I am and everything that I’ve been through in my life,” Lea added. “At the end of the day, the song is pretty specific, and people are gonna make of it what they want, but I wanted to make a song about loss that wasn’t necessarily sad.”