--- --- # Read Lea Michele's Tribute to Cory Monteith Two Years After His Death by [Amanda Michelle Steiner / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Amanda Michelle Steiner / Entertainment Weekly Jul 13, 2015 3:26 PM UTC by [Amanda Michelle Steiner / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Amanda Michelle Steiner / Entertainment Weekly Jul 13, 2015 3:26 PM UTC It’s been two years since [Cory Monteith](http://www.ew.com/topic/cory-monteith) was [found dead](http://www.ew.com/article/2013/07/14/cory-monteith-found-dead) from a drug and alcohol overdose in a Vancouver hotel room. In remembrance, his fans took to Twitter on Monday to pay tribute to the former [_Glee_](http://www.ew.com/topic/glee) star, making “#2YearsWithoutCory” a worldwide trend. [Lea Michele](http://www.ew.com/topic/lea-michele), who was Monteith’s girlfriend at the time of his death, also paid tribute to his memory. “Today we remember the laughter and joy you brought into our lives every day,” she captioned a photo of him smiling while driving, lit from behind by the sun. “We think of you always and love you so.” > [](https://twitter.com/msleamichele/status/620593668928352256) _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/13/cory-monteith-death-2-year-anniversary-lea-michele) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com) Lea Michele Writes Tribute to Cory Monteith on His Death Anniversary ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3955563/lea-michele-cory-monteith-tribute/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3955563/lea-michele-cory-monteith-tribute/"},"headline":"Read Lea Michele's Tribute to Cory Monteith Two Years After His Death","datePublished":"2015-07-13T15:26:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:22:01.984Z","description":"“We think of you always and love you so.”","url":"https://time.com/3955563/lea-michele-cory-monteith-tribute/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity","Glee"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Amanda Michelle Steiner / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3955563/lea-michele-cory-monteith-tribute/","name":"Read Lea Michele's Tribute to Cory Monteith Two Years After His Death"}}]}] ```