We laughed when he said something funny, smiled when he mastered a dance move and swooned when he did something unbelievably sweet. He may have just been a character on a television show, but to us ...

You don't need to be a Gleek to know how vital Cory Monteith — who was found dead in his Vancouver hotel room over the weekend — was to the success of "Glee." At 31, he was that boy next door — though ...