Death of Naya Rivera
34°28′39″N 118°45′18″W / 34.47750°N 118.75500°W(lake coordinates) On July 8, 2020, American actress and singer Naya Rivera was declared missing after she failed to return from a boating excursion on Lake Piru near her home in California. Shortly afterwards, her rented boat with her unharmed four-year-old son was located. A search conducted by various authorities in southern California began, though Rivera was formally presumed dead the next day; the search lasted until the morning of July 13, 2020, when her body was recovered and she was pronounced dead from drowning at the age of 33. The death was ruled accidental, with the investigation determining Rivera exhausted herself saving her son's life in the water. In November 2020, Rivera's ex-husband, Ryan Dorsey, and estate brought wrongful death lawsuits against Ventura County and the management of Lake Piru. The public manner of the search and Rivera's celebrity status contributed to extensive media attention on developments before and after she was found. Rivera had been a regular on the television series Glee, and was the third cast member of the series to die. Her body was found on the anniversary of the death of her Glee co-star and close friend Cory Monteith in 2013. Following her death, authorities banned swimming in Lake Piru permanently; several people had drowned in the reservoir prior to Rivera's death.