“Glee” star Mark Salling has died of apparent suicide, according to report by the celebrity news site TMZ.
The actor pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography.
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He was set to be sentenced in the case in March.
The actor reached a plea agreement with prosecutors in October in which he admitted he possessed images of prepubescent children. The agreement states a search warrant found more than 50,000 images of child porn on Salling's computer and a thumb drive.
Prosecutors and Salling agreed to ask a judge to sentence the actor to between four to seven years in prison. He would have been required to register as a sex offender, pay restitution and abide by residency restrictions.
The actor played bad-boy Noah "Puck" Puckerman on the Fox musical dramedy "Glee."