By Deni Kirkova PUBLISHED: 10:09 EST, 12 December 2013 | UPDATED: 12:16 EST, 12 December 2013 Lea Michele's tweet thanking fans for their support following the death of her boyfriend Cory Monteith was the most retweeted of the year. The Glee star wrote: 'Thank you all for helping me through this time with your enormous love & support. Cory will forever be in my heart.' Alongside her heartfelt message, Lea, 27, who posted a photo of the co-star couple together, saw the tweet retweeted 408,000 times. Lea Michele, 27, tweeted about Cory Monteith's death back in July. The message was retweeted 408k times
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Glee star Lea Michele was celebrity who had tweet retweeted most
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Tweet was heartfelt message about dead boyfriend Cory Monteith
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Message thanked fans for 'enormous love and support'
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Tweet, which included photo of couple together, was retweeted 408k times
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One Direction take three of the top five spots in 2013 list
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Collectively the band rank among the most followed people collectively, holding more than 29 million unique followers worldwide combined from their @placeholder accounts.