--- title: Lea Michele Posts 2012 Throwback Photo of Cory Monteith description: See the 2012 throwback photograph of Cory Monteith and Lea Michele cuddling that Lea Michele posted on Instagram. canonical: https://time.com/4645045/lea-michele-throwback-photo-cory-monteith/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-24T14:23:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:04:30.354Z og:title: Lea Michele Posts Sweet Throwback Photo of Cory Monteith og:description: From the year before he died og:url: https://time.com/4645045/lea-michele-throwback-photo-cory-monteith/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a65823d0a1876f2/6988b6f28fd2eedf06355801/lea-michele-throwback-photo-cory-monteith.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: 11th Annual Chrysalis Butterfly Ball - Inside og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lea Michele Posts Sweet Throwback Photo of Cory Monteith twitter:description: From the year before he died twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a65823d0a1876f2/6988b6f28fd2eedf06355801/lea-michele-throwback-photo-cory-monteith.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Lea Michele Posts Sweet Throwback Photo of Cory Monteith > Sponsored content. 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It is a free newsletter available at time.com/newsletters. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-worth-2026q3/newsletters?i=2e7f4fb3-540f-4426-b6f3-42374e150b72&cr=time-nl-worth-2026q3-v1) by [Natalie Stone / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Natalie Stone / People Contributor Jan 24, 2017 2:23 PM UTC  LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 09: Actors Lea Michele and Cory Monteith inside the 11th Annual Chrysalis Butterfly Ball sponsored by Audi, Grey Goose, Kayne Anderson and smartwater on June 9th, 2012 LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 09: Actors Lea Michele and Cory Monteith inside the 11th Annual Chrysalis Butterfly Ball sponsored by Audi, Grey Goose, Kayne Anderson and smartwater on June 9th, 2012 Michael Buckner—Getty Images For Chrysalis by [Natalie Stone / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Natalie Stone / People Contributor Jan 24, 2017 2:23 PM UTC [Lea Michele](http://people.com/tag/lea-michele/) is missing her late beau, [Cory Monteith](http://people.com/tag/cory-monteith/). On Monday, the _Scream Queens_ actress shared a mysterious new throwback photo to Instagram and Twitter of herself cuddled up on Monteith’s chest in 2012. Although the photo has no caption, the Polaroid picture of the duo reads “Bleeker St.” and “2012,” which was a year prior to the late actor’s death. Michele, 30, and Monteith starred together on Fox’s [_Glee_ ](http://people.com/tag/glee/)and [dated for more than year](http://people.com/celebrity/lea-michele-cory-monteith-smooch-at-hockey-game/) before the actor was [found dead](http://people.com/people/article/0,,20717317,00.html) at the age of 31 in a Vancouver hotel room on July 13, 2013. Just days after being found dead, authorities told PEOPLE that the Canadian native — who completed a month-long stint in a treatment facility for[substance addiction](http://www.parade.com/53630/erinhill/autopsy-results-for-glees-cory-monteith-to-be-expedited/) in April 2013 — died of a “mixed drug toxicity” of heroin and alcohol. “At this point there is no evidence to suggest Mr. Monteith’s death was anything other than a most-tragic accident,” the BC Coroners Service says in a statement released Tuesday. Police spokesman Constable Brian Montague said, “There was evidence in the room that was consistent with a drug overdose.” Although Michele and Monteith hadn’t been photographed together in the days leading up to the time of his death, a source close to the actress [told PEOPLE](http://people.com/celebrity/cory-monteith-lea-michele-were-very-in-love-when-he-died/), “They were happy and very in love.” In September 2012, Michele gushed about her costar–turned–boyfriend. “I love working with Cory, I always have,” Michele [told PEOPLE](http://people.com/tv/glees-lea-michele-cory-monteith-inspires-and-motivates-me/) at _Glee_’s season 4 premiere. “He really, really inspires me, and he motivates me and I think he’s just so talented.” _This_ [_article_](http://people.com/celebrity/lea-michele-cuddles-late-love-cory-monteith-mysterious-new-photo/) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://people.com/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4645045/lea-michele-throwback-photo-cory-monteith/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4645045/lea-michele-throwback-photo-cory-monteith/"},"headline":"Lea Michele Posts Sweet Throwback Photo of Cory Monteith","datePublished":"2017-01-24T14:23:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:04:30.354Z","description":"From the year before he died","url":"https://time.com/4645045/lea-michele-throwback-photo-cory-monteith/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a65823d0a1876f2/6988b6f28fd2eedf06355801/lea-michele-throwback-photo-cory-monteith.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Natalie Stone / People"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a65823d0a1876f2/6988b6f28fd2eedf06355801/lea-michele-throwback-photo-cory-monteith.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"11th Annual Chrysalis Butterfly Ball - Inside","caption":"11th Annual Chrysalis Butterfly Ball - Inside","creditText":"Michael Buckner—Getty Images For Chrysalis","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4645045/lea-michele-throwback-photo-cory-monteith/","name":"Lea Michele Posts Sweet Throwback Photo of Cory Monteith"}}]}] ```