Is Glee CURSED? We examine the show’s many tragedies.
Is Glee CURSED? KAYLA BRANTLEY examines how the cast of the hit feel-good show was plagued by overdoses, drownings, suicides and controversy.
A new documentary, ‘The Price of Glee,’ examines the fallout from Ryan Murphy’s hit sitcom that followed high school kids in their school’s unpopular choir show.
While the show catapulted its relatively unknown cast to stardom, it has also been plagued with controversy and the shocking and unfortunate deaths of several of its main characters, leading some to believe the show is cursed.
Cory Monteith, Glee jock turned leading man Finn Hudson, was found dead of an alcohol and heroin overdose in a Vancouver hotel room in July 2013, aged 31.
Glee’s ‘bad boy’ Mark Salling has been charged with possession of child pornography and pleaded guilty to downloading 25,000 sexual images of children. Salling hanged himself in a Los Angeles woods in January 2018, just weeks before he was due to be sentenced.
In June 2020, actress Naya Rivera was found dead in Lake Piru in California. The actress who played Santana López had gone out on a rented pontoon with her four-year-old son and had drowned.
DailyMail.com takes a closer look at the tragedies that have overshadowed the show’s success.