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        <title><![CDATA[Naya Rivera fans hold emotional vigil at California lake where she drowned]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dozens of Naya Rivera&#8217;s grieving fans gathered in California for a vigil at the sport where the star <strong>drowned earlier this month</strong>.</p><p>Organized by a Twitter fan page, <a href="https://twitter.com/RawSwagger/status/1289688547914444800/photo/1">Naya Rivera Army</a>, a line of the actress&#8217; most devoted supporters descended on Lake Piru Saturday to take turns to make dedications as well as leave momentos for the late &#8220;Glee&#8221; star.</p><p>&#8220;I have a feeling that Naya is at the lake today. I&#8217;m sure she will see all the love we are giving her,&#8221; a fan named <a href="https://twitter.com/liketobetravis/status/1289637836245725184">Maria said from the #NayasFanMemorial</a> overlooking the lake.</p><p>Fans from as far as Oregon and Indiana flocked to the Southern California lake where the 33-year-old actress disappeared on July 8 while boating with her son, they <strong>told KCBS-TV</strong>.</p><p>They set up tables for candles, photos and tributes, with messages and photos also pinned on the fence to the lake where Rivera&#8217;s body was found days after she helped get her son safely back on their boat.</p><p>While listening to her songs, the fans &#8212; who call themselves &#8220;Nayaholics&#8221; &#8212; released white &#8220;<a href="https://twitter.com/chanelinblack/status/1289060225304018948">Forever in our Hearts</a>&#8221; balloons across the lake, with others posting photos while taking shots as toasts to her.</p><p>Some of the messages and images will be left for an ongoing memorial, while others will be sent to the actress&#8217; family, organizers told CBS.</p><p>Many praised the life-changing power of seeing the star play a Latina lesbian as her &#8220;Glee&#8221; character Santana Lopez.</p><p>“Without ‘Glee,’ I swear I would not be here. I would not be alive. That’s just a fact,” one fan, a trans man from Indiana named JP, told CBS.</p><p>Another fan from Portland, Ore., said she was &#8220;struggling with my sexuality&#8221; &#8212; until seeing her character on a major TV show helped her &#8220;come out&#8221; to her family.</p><p>&#8220;It literally gave me the courage,&#8221; she said of the show&#8217;s casting of a key character who was lesbian.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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