“Glee” star Naya Rivera is tragically presumed dead after going missing during a boating trip with her 4-year-old son, Josey, in California on July 8. The day after the search for the 33-year-old began, authorities announced that Rivera was presumed dead and they were shifting their focus to a “recovery mission.”
Here, we take a look back at photos of the actress, singer and writer.
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With “Glee” co-stars (from left) Jenna Ushkowitz, Dianna Agron and Lea Michele at an “American Idol” party in March of 2009
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Attending a “Glee” event in May 2009
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In a 2010 episode of “Glee”
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Proudly holding an award at the 2010 Screen Actors Guild Awards
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Posing in January 2010 with “Glee” co-star and former boyfriend Mark Salling, who killed himself in 2018 after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography
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Playing Santana Lopez for Season 3 of “Glee” in 2011
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Filming “Glee” in New York with co-stars Heather Morris and Kevin McHale in April 2011
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Posing in 2011 with her “Glee” co-star Cory Monteith, who died of a drug overdose in 2013 at the age of 31
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Performing during the “Glee” concert tour in June 2011
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On the November 2011 cover of FHM
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Performing alongside Ricky Martin on a 2012 episode of “Glee”
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Celebrating Christmas 2012 with this selfie
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Posing with ex-fiancé Big Sean in May 2013
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At the Giffoni Film Festival in July 2013
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Attending an event in December 2015
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Rivera and then-husband Ryan Dorsey at a Golden Globes party in January 2016
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Hitting the red carpet in February 2016
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Attending a book signing for her memoir “Sorry Not Sorry” in September 2016
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In a 2017 mugshot following her arrest on domestic battery charges after a fight with then-husband Ryan Dorsey. The charges against her were then dropped.
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At the September 2019 premiere of “Judy” in Beverly Hills
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Attending the annual Women’s Guild Cedars-Sinai Luncheon in November 2019
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Rivera in January 2020 taking a walk with son Josey in Los Angeles
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The final photo of Rivera was taken on July 3, 2020, when she and son Josey were spotted grocery shopping in Los Feliz, Calif.
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