Rivera died in July of 2020, drowning in Lake Piru, California. She was just 33 years old at the time of her death.

Her ex, Ryan Dorsey, spoke to People Magazine in a heartbreaking sit-down interview, the first since her death.

Their son, Josey, is now nine, but was only four years old at the time of her death.

Rivera was best known for her time on the show Glee, with several members of the cast reuniting at the lake, pictured holding hands.

The cast lived through the tragedy of her death being confirmed exactly seven years after the death of Cory Monteith, who overdosed while the show was still ongoing.

Dorsey spoke to People about the experience of Rivera’s death.

He recounted how their son was swimming off a boat she had taken out into the lake before realising it had begun to drift.

The incident report of her death reported that she drowned due to the exhaustion of getting him back to the boat.

Rivera’s Glee cast members came together during the search for her body (Al Seib via Getty Images)

Dorsey revealed her last words were said to her son shortly before going under, saying: “He said that the last thing she said was his name, and then she went under, and he didn’t see her anymore.

“It just rocks my world that he had to witness her last moments.”

He reports finding out the news from Rivera’s Mother’s husband, and almost falling on hearing it.

He added: “I drove 100-and-­something the whole way with my four-way hazards on, chain-smoking cigarettes — and I don’t even smoke, really — and just crying.

“I just wanted to get to Josey.”

He claims he ‘doesn’t know what he would have done’ if they’d lost both his son Josey and his ex-wife and Josey’s mother Naya.

The four-year-old was found in the boat they had rented, drifting back to shore.

Rivera and Dorsey were married in 2014 and divorced in 2018 (Paul Archuleta via Getty Images)

He went on to say: “When it happened, I just found myself shaking my head, like, ‘I can’t believe she’s gone’.

“It’s still so surreal every day.”

Following her death, Dorsey filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Ventura County, who rented the boat to Rivera.

It was filed by Dorsey on behalf of their son, with a settlement being agreed in 2022.

Amjad Khan, the family’s lawyer, said after the settlement: “Through this settlement, Josey will receive just compensation for having to endure the drowning of his beloved mother at Lake Piru.

“Though the tragic loss of Josey’s mother can never truly be overcome, we are very pleased that the monetary settlement will significantly assist Josey with his life beyond this tragedy.”

It was argued in the suit that her death was preventable, and that the boat rented did not have proper safety features and equipment.

According to court documents, there have been more than two dozen people in the last 65 years to die in the lake’s ‘deadly history.’

It’s called Darvell and the village is a community of people called ‘Bruderhof’, a group of radical Christians who believe in community living.

According to their site, the Bruderhof community ‘provides each of us with necessities such as food, clothing, and housing, so there’s no need for money on a day-to-day basis’.

If someone does need some money, to take a trip for instance, then they’ll be given it and expected to give back what they didn’t spend when they get home.

While members do work to provide for the community ‘no one who lives on a Bruderhof is paid for their work: no wages, paychecks, stipends, or allowances’.

In this way, the Bruderhof believe everyone is ‘on the same footing’.

The communities do make money through various business ventures, but all the earnings go to the church and are used to pay for something called ‘community of goods’.

According to the Bruderhof’s website, across their villages ‘no one member, or any one Bruderhof location, is richer or poorer than any other’.

All money goes into something called ‘community of goods’. (YouTube/BBC)

As for this ‘community of goods’, that’s something they’ve set up which pays for the needs of each community and its members.

“Community of goods, also known as the common purse, simply means we share everything together,” they said of the way they do things.

“None of us owns any property in our name, and none of us receives a paycheck, stipend, or allowance. Everything belongs to the collective membership.”

As such, members don’t own the houses they live in, the clothes they wear or the shoes they walk around in, they don’t have money or build savings as that all goes into the public pot to be spent on providing essential goods.

They added: “This idea is not ours; this is how the first Christians lived, as described in Acts 2.”

If a community ever has more money than it needs then they’ll spend the surplus on ‘our own outreach projects or to support other charitable missions’.

You may have heard of the island of Tristan de Cunha and its UK postcode, and while it holds the title of being the world’s most remote inhabited island, at least people manage to live there.

There are nearby islands that are also under the UK’s jurisdiction and are just as remote, but nobody lives there.

Home to one of the world’s largest colonies of sea birds, it’s located in the south Atlantic and features scenic cliffs.

The island has a stunning landscape (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO/Ron Van Oers/UNESCO)

They’re called Gough and Inaccessible Islands, and even though they are technically dependencies of Tristan da Cunha, the former is over 400km (255 miles) southeast of it, while the latter is just 31 km (19 miles) southwest of the inhabited island.

Currently a UNESCO World Heritage site, they stand as the least-disturbed islands and ecosystems in what’s known as the ‘cool temperate zone’, which is a climate zone with four distinct seasons.

Boasting some eye-catching cliffs and featuring an environment that features no mammals, Gough is ruled by the gallinule and the Gough rowettie, two species of sea birds.

Inaccessible Island, on the other hand, got its name for being exactly that. Inaccessible.

There is one endemic species of land bird here, the Inaccessible Rail, and it lives on the island along with eight types of plants.

It’s near impossible to gain access to the island (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO/Ron Van Oers/UNESCO)

Known as an extinct volcanic island, Inaccessible Island was active around six million years ago, with its central area reaching a peak height of 449 metres above sea level.

There are some boulder beaches, though it is surrounded by sea cliffs, making it near impossible to inhabit.

But this didn’t stop some of the more ambitious sailors from trying their luck, despite the unforgiving terrain and conditions around the island.

Captain d’Etchevery, who manned the French ship Etoile du Matin, unsuccessfully tried to land on the island, giving it its ‘Inaccessible’ name, instead of ‘Ile de Etchevery’.

The island became a World Heritage site in 2004 as the conservation of its wildlife became globally significant, with rare species still inhabiting Inaccessible Island.

Sailors have tried to capture the land in the past (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO/Ron Van Oers/UNESCO)

The most famous shipwreck across the Tristan Islands can also be found here, as the East Indiaman Blenden Hall was destroyed on 23rd July 1821 here, running ashore in foggy weather.

Luckily, around 50 people survived and lived off fish, sea birds and even penguins before making their way to Tristan de Cunha on a small boat.

The are where the ship crashed is now known as ‘Blenden Hall’.

By now, you’re likely familiar with the actor’s habit of doing his own stunts. The 62-year-old has been more than willing to put his body on the line in the name of getting a good shot, even if it’s come back to bite him in the past.

He drove a motorbike off a cliff in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, and then returned to the top to do the stunt five more times after being unhappy with the way the bike was plummeting to destruction.

Back in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation he was hanging off the side of a plane, and that was Cruise himself doing that scary stunt.

If you’re sensing that Tom Cruise being somewhere high up in a Mission: Impossible movie is a recipe for dangerous stunts, then you’d be right.

“When you stick your face out [of the plane], going over 120 to 130 miles an hour, you’re not getting oxygen,” the actor said. “So I had to train myself how to breathe. There were times I would pass out physically; I was unable to get back into the cockpit.”

Apparently there’s an even more ‘intense’ stunt in the film than the one that made Tom Cruise pass out at times, which viewers will apparently be able to recognise when they see it.

For now it might be an idea to appreciate just how insane some of the moviemaking behind this franchise has been and how willing Tom Cruise has been to put himself out there for the art of cinema.

Fans have praised the actor as a ‘legend’ for his dedication, declaring that Cruise is ‘one of a kind’ and ‘untouchable’ as a film star.

The American woman hailed from New Jersey and was attacked by the animal last year, dying moments later, according to a lawsuit.

Lisa Manders was 70 at the time of her death.

Her husband, Craig, is now suing the safari tour company, alleging that the tour operator should have kept her safe, despite the gruesome outcome.

She was mauled by a hippo (Getty Stock Photo)

Speaking to NBC News via a statement from his attorneys, the husband explained: “Had we understood the dangers posed by the hippopotamus, we never would have agreed to be in such close contact while on foot.

“The idea that we were unwittingly exposed to such an extreme danger, a danger made even worse by our tour guides leaving Lisa alone on foot with nothing between her and such a deadly animal, is nothing short of astonishing.”

After leaving the US on 31 May 2024, the mother-of-three and her husband travelled to Zambia for a ten-day safari. The lawsuit stated that the former was attacked just five days into the holiday.

They were on a ‘bush walk’, and the suit claims that the tour guide ‘knew or should have known’ how close wild hippopotamuses were, and should have made it clear to those on the walk ‘due to the known tendencies’ of the creatures.

They described the animals as ‘highly unpredictable, territorial, and aggressive’.

The guides had allegedly left the area, with at least one of them armed with a rifle, and this is when disaster struck.

A hippo charged out of a body of water nearby towards Lisa, who tried to run away, as the suit added: “She was unable to escape and the hippopotamus violently attacked her, grabbing her by its mouth, lifting her off the ground, shaking her entire body, and crushing her head and body with its bite.”

She was brutally killed during a ‘bush walk’ (Craig Manders)

The tour was organised by safari company African Portfolio, a company that has its headquarters in Connecticut.

The company’s lawyer, Rod Gould, has described the tragedy as ‘really unusual’, and claimed that the company is only responsible for organising the tours, and not any mishaps that can take place on the trips.

“We’re not responsible if the airline loses luggage,” the lawyer stated.

The suit further adds that the couple were not aware that going near the bank would put them in danger, further adding that they were ‘negligently encouraged’ to stand on the bank for some photos of the wildlife.

One of Craig’s lawyers, Slager of Slager Madry LLC, explained that being in the wilderness ‘can be an incredibly rich experience’, but highlighted that the ‘responsibility’ to ensure the safety of visitors is up to tour operators.

Craig stated: “Her violent death is a devastating loss not only for our family, but for our community.”

Lisa is survived by husband Craig and her three children, as well as her brother Paul and granddaughter Lulu.