Glee To Write Off Cory Monteith’s Role Finn Hudson
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TV
musical
comedy-drama
series
Glee,
which
starred
the
late
Cory
Monteith,
will
write
off
the
character
essayed
by
the
actor.
It
will
also
"deal
directly" with
the
incidents
involved
in
his
sudden
death
in
July.
Monteith's
character
Finn
Hudson
will
be
written
out
of
the
show
in
the
third
episode,
which
will
"deal
directly
with
the
incidents
involved
in
Cory's
passing
and
the
drug
abuse
in
particular," Fox's
Chairman
of
Entertainment,
Kevin
Reilly,
said
Thursday
during
a
Television
Critics
Association
panel
here,
reports
people.com.
Reilly
added
that
producer
Ryan
Murphy
will
also
shoot
a
public
service
announcement
with
cast
members
in
character,
"as
friends
of
Finn's.
They're
going
to
speak
directly
to
the
audience
and
I
think
they're
going
to
be
very
impactful."
Monteith
was
found
dead
July
13
in
his
room
at
the
Fairmont
Pacific
Rim
Hotel
in
Vancouver.
He
died
due
to
an
overdose
of
a
mix
of
alcohol
and
heroin.
He
was
31.
Glee
will
resume
production
next
week.
Its
first
episode
will
air
Sep
26.