Cory Monteith, the 31-year-old heartthrob of Fox Television’s musical-comedy series Glee, died of an apparently accidental overdose of heroin and alcohol, Canadian authorities said on Tuesday.
The British Columbia Coroners Service said in a release that post-mortem testing on the star, who was found dead on Saturday in a downtown Vancouver hotel room, died of “a mixed-drug toxicity involving heroin and alcohol.”
It said Monteith’s death was unlikely to have been intentional.
“There is absolutely nothing at this point, no evidence to suggest this is anything but the most sad and tragic accident,” said Barb McLintock, a spokeswoman for the Coroners Service.
Monteith was found dead shortly after noon on Saturday in his room at the Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel.
The Vancouver police said they believed he was alone in the room after returning to the hotel early on Saturday morning. Representatives for the actor’s girlfriend, Lea Michele, who played Monteith’s on-screen love interest in Glee, issued a statement on Tuesday thanking fans for their support.