Naya Rivera.Photo: Jon Kopaloff/Filmmagic
Naya Rivera’s loved ones are paying tribute to the late actress two years after her unexpecteddeathat age 33.
On Friday, Rivera’s oldGleecostars includingKevin McHale,Heather MorrisandJenna Ushkowitzall honored their friend on the second anniversary of her passing.
The actress, who was beloved for portraying Santana Lopez onGlee,drownedin July 2020 while on a boat ride with her sonJosey(whom she shared with ex-husbandRyan Dorsey).
“Everyday my angel,” Morris, who played Brittany Pierce, the love interest to Rivera’s Santana Lopez onGlee, posted onInstagram. “I miss you every damn day.”
“The best there ever was forever & ever ♥️,” McHale, who portrayed Artie Abrams in the Fox comedy-drama series, wrote onInstagram— alongside a photo of Rivera posing on a boat.
Ushkowitz, who played Tina Cohen-Chang on the Ryan Murphy-created series, shared a black-and-white throwback photo of Rivera onInstagram, captioning it with a simple heart emoji.
Rivera was last seen renting a boat at Lake Piru in Southern California. When the boat was not returned on time, staff found it on the north side of the lake with Josey sleeping in his life jacket on board.
Naya Rivera, Ryan Dorsey and son Josey.Ryan Dorsey/instagram
In May, Dorsey remembered the late actress in a touching Mother’s Day post on Instagram.
Ryan Dorsey/Instagram
He continued, “Flashes of memories of me as a little boy at his age w/ my mom turned into some gratitude for the years I’ve had & still have, turns into the times my son & I had with his and how they were stopped… I know how this day is going to go. Plenty of time for water works, but not now. I fight it & up I get.”
“Turning onto Forest Lawn Drive will alway bring the memory of two summers ago,” he wrote of pulling into the cemetery in Hollywood Hills. “But the memories prior to that I have to be grateful for & our son.”
Later in the post, he concluded, “Hug your mommas and grandmas, and love ‘em while you can. Forgive & forget, if you can. You don’t wanna maybe wish what if you did one day.❤️🖤”
source: people.com
