{"id":69169,"date":"2025-10-10T03:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T03:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/69169\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T03:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T03:32:09","slug":"13-glee-stars-who-sadly-passed-away-since-filming-barbara-tarbuck-cory-monteith-eg-evergreen-glee-jane-galloway-heitz-jean-sincere-longform-mark-salling-meat-loaf-michael","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/69169\/","title":{"rendered":"13 \u2018Glee\u2019 Stars Who Sadly Passed Away Since Filming | Barbara Tarbuck, Cory Monteith, EG, evergreen, Glee, Jane Galloway Heitz, Jean Sincere, Longform, Mark Salling, Meat Loaf, Michael Lerner, Naya Rivera, Olivia Newton-John, Patty Duke, Phyllis Applegate, Robin Trocki, Slideshow, Tim Conway | Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment, Photos and Videos | Just Jared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/glee-rip-11.jpg\" alt=\"Glee Cast Members We Sadly Lost\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meat Loaf (Barry Jeffries)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/meat-loaf\/\" title=\"Meat Loaf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meat Loaf<\/a>, the iconic rock musician known for his powerful voice and theatrical performances, guest-starred on Glee in Season 2, episode 5, \u201cThe Rocky Horror Glee Show.\u201d He played Barry Jeffries, the manager of a local news station who teamed up with Sue Sylvester to create an expos\u00e9 about the school\u2019s upcoming production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. <\/p>\n<p>Meat Loaf\u2019s charismatic presence added flair to the episode. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2022\/01\/21\/meat-loaf-dead-bat-out-of-hell-singer-dies-at-74-family-confirms-in-statement\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">passed away in January 2022 at the age of 74<\/a>, leaving behind a legendary music legacy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/glee-rip-12.jpg\" alt=\"Glee Cast Members We Sadly Lost\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Patty Duke (Jan)<\/p>\n<p>The esteemed actress guest-starred on Glee during its fourth season in the season finale titled \u201cAll or Nothing,\u201d which aired on May 9, 2013. She portrayed Jan, a jewelry saleswoman involved in a romantic relationship with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/meredith-baxter\/\" title=\"Meredith Baxter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meredith Baxter<\/a>\u2018s character, Liz. She helps Blaine Anderson (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/darren-criss\/\" title=\"Darren Criss\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Darren Criss<\/a>) pick out a ring for Kurt Hummel (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/chris-colfer\/\" title=\"Chris Colfer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Colfer<\/a>), having dinner with them and explaining how views of queerness have changed since they were young. Jan then proposes to Liz, inspiring Blaine to do the same. She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2016\/03\/29\/patty-duke-dead-oscar-winning-actress-dies-at-69-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">passed away on March 29, 2016<\/a>, at the age of 69. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/glee-rip-13.jpg\" alt=\"Glee Cast Members We Sadly Lost\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jean Sincere (Ancient Librarian)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/jean-sincere\/\" title=\"Jean Sincere\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jean Sincere<\/a> passed away on April 3, 2013, at the age of 93 from natural causes. <\/p>\n<p>Along with playing the role of the librarian on Glee, her notable TV credits also include appearing in single-episode roles in shows like Frasier, iCarly, Malcolm in the Middle, ER, and 7th Heaven. She also voiced Mrs. Hogenson in The Incredibles and played Ruby in Pulse, among her other various roles. RIP.<\/p>\n<p>We have also sadly lost many stars from other beloved shows. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/08\/24\/the-sopranos-cast-members-who-have-died-16-stars-weve-sadly-lost\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Find out who we lost since The Sopranos went off the air.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meat Loaf (Barry Jeffries) Meat Loaf, the iconic rock musician known for his powerful voice and theatrical performances,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-69169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}