Medical examiner rules on Glee star Naya Rivera's cause of death

Naya Rivera was laid to rest in a Los Angeles cemetery, less than two weeks after the Glee actress tragically died at the age of 33. Her body was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park on July 24, according to her death certificate, which was obtained by PEOPLE.

LOS ANGELES — “Glee” star Naya Rivera died of accidental drowning, the Ventura County medical examiner said on Tuesday, marking the third tragic passing of a cast member from the popular television musical series.

Glee star Naya Rivera's cause of death has been confirmed as accidental drowning after her body was recovered from Lake Piru on Monday, 13 July.The 33 year old’s cause of death has been ruled as an accident by the medical examiner's office. Naya had been enjoying a day out on the lake on 8 July with her four year old son Josey, before she went missing and was presumed dead.

Naya Rivera’s death has been ruled an accident, the Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office has said.

Tributes have been paid to former Glee star Naya Rivera, after her death was confirmed at the age of 33.

Glee actress Naya Rivera's body was found in Lake Piru, the Ventura Sheriff's Department confirmed in its press conference given today. Sheriff Bill Ayub shared details with reporters on what their investigation revealed, including the heartbreaking news that Rivera appeared to have sacrificed her life to help her four-year-old son Josey get back in the pontoon boat they rented.

Update 7/13/20 1:57 p.m. ET: The Ventura County Sheriff's Office recovered a body during its continued search for Naya Rivera on Monday morning.

A body has been found at the lake where former “Glee” star Naya Rivera went missing in Southern California last week.

A body was recovered Monday at Lake Piru in Southern California, the site where Glee actress Naya Rivera went missing last Wednesday while boating with her 4-year-old son.

Dive teams from across southern California have been enlisted in the search for former Glee star Naya Rivera, who is feared drowned after going missing on Lake Piru on Wednesday

Naya Rivera starred in six seasons of Ryan Murphy's musical comedy Glee as the witty cheerleader Santana Lopez. On Wednesday (July 8), the 33-year-old actress went missing at Southern California's Lake Piru while apparently on a boating trip with her 4-year-old son.

Lake Piru in Southern California is closed to the public as authorities continued their search Thursday forGleeactress Naya Rivera, who went missing Wednesday while boating with her 4-year-old son Josey on Lake Piru. Dive teams from throughout the region are assisting the Ventura County Sheriff's Department through mutual aid, according to authorities.

Glee star is currently missing in southern California. According to multiple news outlets, including , the Ventura County Sheriff's Office has been conducting a search (which will resume this morning) after Rivera apparently vanished from Lake Piru, where her four-year-old son was later found alone in a boat. Per the , Sheriff's Capt. Eric Buschow said in a news conference Rivera rented a pontoon boat around 1 p.m.

Sheriff's officials have said former Glee actor Naya Rivera is feared to have drowned after going missing at a lake in southern California on Wednesday. A search operation at Lake Piru was suspended overnight and is due to resume on Thursday as officials search for the 33-year-old actor.

Authorities went searching for Glee actress Naya Rivera on Wednesday night (July 8) after her 4-year-old son Josey was found floating alone in a rented boat in Lake Piru. According to Ventura County Sheriff's Department, Rivera reportedly rented a boat at 1 p.m. on Wednesday. Three hours later, another boater found her son in a boat by himself wearing a life vest.

Authorities say former “Glee” star Naya Rivera is missing and being searched for at a Southern California lake.