Cory Monteith, the 31-year-old actor best known for his role as Finn Hudson on Fox's Glee, was found dead Saturday afternoon on the 21st floor of the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel in downtown Vancouver, the city's police department confirmed Saturday night.
"Mr. Monteith checked into the hotel in July 6th and was due to check out of the room today," Vancouver Police's Acting Chief Doug LePard said during a live streamed press conference. "There were others with Mr. Monteith in his room earlier last night, but video and fob key entries show him returning to his room by himself in the early morning hours and we believe he was alone when he died.
"When he missed his check-out time, staff went to the room at noon and found his body."
No cause of death has been determined, although rumors about a possible drug overdose quickly spread online before the press conference.
Monteith has had a history with drugs, having checked himself into an addiction treatment facility in April, which wasn't his first stint in rehab.
An autopsy is planned for Monday and the coroner will issue a cause of death after that. He was dead for several hours before being found. LePard said, however, "all indications are that there was no foul play."
Monteith's final tweets — sent July 12 — were about Syfy's TV movie Sharknado
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