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‘Glee’ Star’s Boyfriend Found Dead In Center City Hotel
philadelphia.cbslocal.com ^ | July 11, 2014 6:00 PM | Walt Hunter

Posted on 07/14/2014 10:59:40 AM PDT by Red Badger

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The boyfriend of one of the stars from the popular show “Glee” was found dead in a Center City Philadelphia hotel room.

Matt Bendik, the boyfriend of Becca Tobin, was found in the Hotel Monaco on Chestnut Street Thursday afternoon.

The Philadelphia Medical Examiner says an autopsy attempting to determine what caused the death of 31-year-old nightclub owner Matt Bendik inside a hotel room on Independence Mall Thursday is inconclusive and additional tests will be required.

“The autopsy did not immediately establish a clear cause of death,” the statement read, in part, “There was no evidence of trauma.”

Philadelphia Police, who are classifying the case, for now, a “sudden death” investigation, say there were no signs of anything suspicious or any foul play inside the room where Bendik was found unconscious by a hotel employee, shortly before 1 p.m. Thursday.

Medics, who rushed to the scene, performed CPR but were unable to revive him and pronounced him dead at 1:17 p.m.

Bendik is the boyfriend of “Glee” star Becca Tobin, who did not accompany him on what police described as a business trip to Philadelphia.

Police say Wednesday evening Bendik was socializing in an attempt to sample Philadelphia nightlife and there were no signs of any problems.

So far, there have been no statements from representatives of Bendik’s family or Tobin’s.

Because of additional tests that have to be performed, it’s possible the cause of his death may not be known for several weeks.

This is not the first time tragedy has struck to someone connected to the show.

Almost a year ago, “Glee” star Cory Monteith died of an accidental alcohol and drug overdose in a Canadian hotel.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: glee; hollywood
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To: Red Badger
Police say Wednesday evening Bendik was socializing in an attempt to sample Philadelphia nightlife and there were no signs of any problems.

What could possibly go wrong.

21 posted on 07/14/2014 3:30:38 PM PDT by Stentor (Maybe the Goldman Sachs thing is just a coincidence. /S)
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To: PGR88
The club biz is trendy and to stay on top owners must travel to
find new concepts in order to stay competitive. Not unusual.

He may have come under the effects of flying and got a blood clot or dehydration
then drinking alcohol. My bet is Clot if there's no drugs involved.

22 posted on 07/14/2014 3:37:10 PM PDT by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: Viennacon

Watched 15 mins of it one time. Vile is an understatement.


23 posted on 07/14/2014 6:19:17 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where?)
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To: Red Badger

I think the news story here is that someone on “Glee” was dating someone of the opposite sex.


24 posted on 07/14/2014 6:20:38 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("Compromise" means you've already decided you lost.)
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To: RobinOfKingston

Seeing that ‘Glee’ is set in a HS, the next obvious scenario would be the ‘College Years’, just like they did with ‘Saved By the Bell’ when the teens got older..................they could call it ‘Glay’.....................


25 posted on 07/15/2014 6:12:06 AM PDT by Red Badger (I've posted a total of 2,763 threads and 85,286 replies. ...............)
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To: Red Badger

How did this story from last year get re-linked? Oh, wait...


26 posted on 08/04/2014 9:23:51 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Visualize whirled peas.)
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