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"Cory Monteith&amp;#039;s dad has revealed he feels torn apart by the death of his son. 63-year-old Joe Monteith spoke on the day Glee aired a tribute episode for Cory and his character Finn Hudson.  The actor died aged 31 in a Vancouver hotel room, with a cause of death recorded as a lethal mix of heroin and alcohol.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s just ripping my insides out and tearing me apart,&amp;quot; Joe told People magazine. Joe divorced Cory&amp;#039;s mother Ann McGregor in 1989 and was reportedly not allowed to see the body before it was cremated. The last time he met up with Cory was two years ago after an 11-year gap. They chatted about his girlfriend Lea Michele and he discovered his son smokes. Apparently Cory was surprised when his father recalled how Christmas presents for Cory and his older brother Shaun were sent back as Ann allegedly tried to keep him at a distance for 17 years.  Joe&amp;#039;s current wife, Yvette Monteith, got together with him while the split was taking place and in 1991 she remembers gifts from Joe&amp;#039;s mother coming back. She says that seven years ago Cory called to ask if his father loves him and when the conversation came up at a later date alongside the question of whether he&amp;#039;d been on drugs, he didn&amp;#039;t remember it happening. At 29 Cory allegedly went &amp;quot;code blue&amp;quot; after a bad drugs reaction.  &amp;quot;He got a shot to his heart to bring him back, and he was told at that time to use no drugs of any kind because you had your one shot,&amp;quot; Joe shared.  Now Joe is determined to get the message out there that using drugs is never good. &amp;quot;I lost my son. He should have known not to touch that drug again,&amp;quot; he confessed.  &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t want to see any parent lose a child over heroin.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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