Last night, the Grammy Awards paid tribute to musical stars who lost their lives over the past year but during the montage fans were quick to point out that they had spelled Cory Monteith’s name wrong.
Alongside the photo of the late Glee star, the caption displayed the words; “Cory Montieth, Glee actor, singer”, with the letters “I” and “e” the wrong way around.
Upset Glee fans took to Twitter to voice their anger:
Cory Monteith is the correct way to spell it. Get a factchecker #grammys. pic.twitter.com/LZkPQHI6KN
— Rana (@RanaMeyer) January 27, 2014
For the Grammys to misspell Cory Monteith’s name was incredibly disrespectful.
— Tamara (@MaraJoi_JB) January 27, 2014
So the Grammy spelled Cory Monteith’s last name wrong and I’m super pissed about it
— jordyy (@Naynayrivers09) January 27, 2014
Monteith was found dead in his hotel room on Saturday, July 13th, 2013. An autopsy revealed that the 31-year-old died of an overdose, with with heroin and alcohol being among the substances found in his body.
The young actor shot to fame as Finn on the Fox hit show Glee.
