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Lea Michele Reveals She’s Finally in a “Happy Place” Following Cory Monteith’s Death

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Sep 15, 2016 3:06 pm·

By Allison Cacich

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Three years after the sudden death of her boyfriend Cory Monteith, Glee alum Lea Michele reveals she’s finally found peace.

“I got back to the place where I was genuinely happy and strong and ready to live again and see the world,” she tells OK! magazine. “Getting to the other side takes a lot of work. It’s a struggle. When you do there is happiness there.”

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The duo had been dating for almost two years when Cory accidentally overdosed in a Canadian hotel room at the age of 31.

Cory and Lea in 2013.

On the anniversary of his death in July, Lea wrote, “We may not have gotten to share a lifetime together.. But the memories.. they’re the best of my life.. Love you Cory.”

Scroll through the gallery below to see what the rest of the Glee cast is doing now.

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Lea Michele

The 30-year-old stars on the FOX TV series Scream Queens with Emma Roberts and released her second book, You First: Journaling Your Way to Your Best Life.

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Chris Colfer

The 26-year-old's children's series, Land of Stories, made USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list and is being made into a film!

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Kevin McHale

The 28-year-old reunited with his former NLT bandmate, Justin Thorne, and released a single called "Summer Nights."

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Jane Lynch

The 56-year-old has been working on a bunch of new movies, including Late Bloomer alongside J.K. Simmons and Brittany Snow as well as After the Reality with her Glee costar Matthew Morrison.

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Matthew Morrison

The 38-year-old recently starred in the Broadway musical Finding Neverland. He married Renee Puente in October 2014.

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Naya Rivera

The 29-year-old welcomed her first child, son Josey, in September 2015, and filed for divorce from husband Ryan Dorsey in November 2016.

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Jenna Ushkowitz

The 30-year-old is lending her voice to the upcoming Captain Underpants movie as Ms. Guided.

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Amber Riley

The 30-year-old starred in the NBC musical The Wiz Live! alongside Queen Latifah, Common, Mary J. Blige and Ne-Yo. She's also working on new music.

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Dianna Agron

The 30-year-old recently starred in the play McQUEEN in London. She married musician Winston Marshall on Oct. 15, 2016.

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Heather Morris

The 29-year-old gave birth to her second child in February 2016 after marrying longtime boyfriend Taylor Hubbell last year.

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Jayma Mays

The 37-year-old appeared in the Netflix series Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp and recently wrapped the film American Made with Tom Cruise. She also welcomed her first child, a baby boy, with husband Adam Campbell in 2016.

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Chord Overstreet

The 27-year-old has been spending most of his time in the studio working on new music.

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Darren Criss

The 29-year-old filmed his new movie Smitten! in Italy and recently took part in Elsie Fest, an outdoor music festival in NYC.

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Harry Shum Jr.

The 34-year-old married his longtime girlfriend Shelby Rabara in 2014. He landed a recurring role in the Freeform series Shadowhunters and is a judge on TruTV's talent show Fake Off.

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Dot-Marie Jones

The 52-year-old married girlfriend Bridgett Casteen in 2013 and recently completed work on the film I'm OK.

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Max Adler

The 30-year-old appeared in this year's highly publicized flicks Café Society and Sully. He married longtime girlfriend Jennifer Bronstein in 2015.

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Cory Monteith

Sadly, Cory passed away on July 13, 2013, at the age of 31 from a drug overdose. He'll forever be Finn Hudson to us.

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We'll always have a special place in our hearts for this show.

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