Jane Lynch says Naya Rivera's death has been "gut-wrenching and heart-breaking" to come to terms with.
The 'Glee' star was confirmed dead on July 13 at the age of 33 after her body was recovered at Lake Piru in California following a six-day search, and Jane - who starred alongside Naya in the popular musical series - has remembered her co-star as a "force of nature".
She said: "I think that one of the things that kind of got lost when we were doing the show was what a force she was because there were so many talented people. She was one of those people - she wasn't in every scene, but when she was ... she just blew everybody away.
"I had three-page monologues, so did she. It took me a week to get mine. She would do them right off the bat and they would be changing them and she had no problem with it."
Jane also says Naya was the kind of person who had her friends' backs, and was a "great advocate" for the LGBT community, as her character in the show was a lesbian.
