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"As the Glee cast copes with the sudden death of Cory Monteith on Saturday, July 13, Fox confirmed in a statement to Us Weekly that the fifth season premiere date has been moved to Sept. 26 from its original Sept. 19 date.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;In light of the tragic passing of beloved Glee cast member Cory Monteith, the series&amp;apos; executive producers, 20th Century Fox Television and Fox Broadcasting Company have jointly decided to delay the start of production of Glee until early August,&amp;quot; the statement said. &amp;quot;No further details are available at this time.&amp;quot;\r\nMonteith, who played Finn Hudson on the show since its inception in 2009, was found dead on July 13 in his hotel room at Vancouver&amp;apos;s Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel. As Us Weekly previously reported, the 31-year-old Canadian native died of a lethal mix of heroin and alcohol.\r\nSince the tragedy, the close-knit Glee cast, which includes Monteith&amp;apos;s girlfriend, Lea Michele, 26, has been trying to remember the kind-hearted costar who will be very much missed.\r\n\r\nIn a statement to Us on July 17, Dianna Agron, who played Quinn Fabray on the show, said, &amp;quot;I have never lost a friend. In this difficult time, I am leaning on all of the wonderful memories we shared with Cory, how many ways he was able to make us smile. Glee was a gift to all of us. It gave us a family in this industry.&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\nShe added, &amp;quot;My heart goes out to his family, to Lea, to everyone that is struggling with the loss of our friend. We will miss you Cory. We will always carry a piece of you with us.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nJane Lynch, who plays Coach Sue Sylvester on the hit series, tearfully spoke of Monteith to Jay Leno on July 17. &amp;quot;Cory had one of the biggest hearts, a real bright light. He was one of those guys,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;He knew he was breathing rarefied air -- the gift that this wonderful show gave us.&amp;quot;\r\nShe continued, &amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t think he left one day unlived. He was a real bright light in our family we&amp;apos;ve lost a really great guy.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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