Salling was born in Dallas, Texas as the younger of two children to religious Christian parents; John Robert Salling Jr., an accountant, and Condy Sue Salling (née Wherry), a school secretary. He was home-schooled at an early age.

Glee is a musical comedy that depicts Will Schuester's (Matthew Morrison) efforts to save McKinley High's Glee Club from cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch). Glee's musical numbers, underdog characters, and rousing soundtracks have all helped make Glee a runaway pop-culture hit. It is created by Ryan Murphy (Nip/Tuck) and is a Golden Globe-winning Fox musical comedy.

The cast of Ryan Murphy's musical series "Glee" reunited in Los Angeles a little over a month after their disgraced former cast mate Mark Salling committed suicide. "It's a GLEE-Union!!" Matthew Morrison wrote alongside a pic of the crew, which included Jane Lynch, Naya Rivera, Heather Morris, Amber Riley, Chris Colfer, Kevin McHale, Jenna Ushkowitz, Becca Tobin and Vanessa Lengies.

Glee premiered eight years ago and gave us six iconic seasons in teen television history. Besides its toe-tapping, heart-belting musical numbers, we fell in love with the characters roaming the hallways of McKinley High. Now that the series has wrapped, what has the cast been up to since then you ask?

When "Glee" first graced the small screen in 2009, few could imagine the slew of controversies that would later hit the cast of the hit musical dramedy. Most recently, Mark Salling, who played bad-boy Noah "Puck" Puckerman died Tuesday of an apparent suicide weeks before he was scheduled to be sentenced in Los Angeles on child pornography charges.

In 2013, actor Cory Monteith's sudden death of a drug overdose shocked Glee fans, who knew him as his popular jock character Finn Hudson. Now, nearly three years after creator Ryan Murphy's musical dramedy about a high school glee club ended, the show's fans are learning of the death of another of the its stars, Mark Salling, who played reformed bad boy Puck.

On Tuesday, Jan. 30, former Glee star Mark Salling was found dead of an apparent suicide at age 35. Most of the Glee family has remained silent on social media so far, but a handful have spoken out below, including Iqbal Theba, who played Principal Figgins; Finneas O'Connell, who played Alistair in the final season; Tim Davis, a vocal coach and arranger for the show, Brad Ellis, a pianist for the show; and Joaquin Sedillo, a cinematographer.

Monteith began his acting career in Vancouver, British Columbia. He played minor roles in Final Destination 3 , , and Deck the Halls . He had a recurring role in . He also made guest appearances in television serials such as Smallville , Supernatural , Flash Gordon , Stargate Atlantis , and Stargate SG-1 .