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"Cory Monteith was in &amp;quot;great spirits&amp;quot; two days before his death, according to his friend Maureen Webb. The Glee actor was found dead at the age of 31 at Vancouver&amp;#039;s Pacific Rim Hotel on Saturday (July 13).  His close friend Webb has revealed to People that she dined with Monteith and his manager Elena Kirschner two nights before the star&amp;#039;s death, to discuss her charity Project Limelight Society. &amp;quot;He looked so good, so healthy. I hadn&amp;#039;t seen him look that good in a long time,&amp;quot; Webb recalled. She went on to describe the meeting as &amp;quot;a quiet night with a lot of laughing&amp;quot;, where none of the diners drank any alcohol. A Vancouver Police Department source has disclosed that Monteith&amp;#039;s autopsy has been fast-tracked to today (July 15) due to &amp;quot;intense public interest&amp;quot;. Photo Gallery: Cory Monteith - life in pictures:  Demi Lovato, Taylor Swift, Zooey Deschanel, Kim Kardashian and John Stamos are among the many stars to have paid tribute to Monteith in the wake of his death. Monteith&amp;#039;s girlfriend Lea Michele has appealed for privacy while she grieves. Glee co-star Matthew Morrison dedicated a song to the actor at a weekend concert. &amp;gt; Cory Monteith 1982-2013: Obituary of the Glee star &amp;gt; Gwyneth Paltrow pays tribute to Glee&amp;#039;s Cory Monteith Watch Cory Monteith talking to Digital Spy about the meaning of Glee in 2011:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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