‘Glee’ Star Mark Salling Dead at 35 of Apparent Suicide
January 30, 2018EXCLUSIVE
10:45 AM PT — We're told police received a call to do a "welfare check" on Salling and somehow that led them to the baseball field where his body was found. We're told Salling had been dead for some time. 
Mark Salling committed suicide by hanging, according to law enforcement … TMZ has learned.
We're told his body was found near a riverbed in Sunland … the area where he lived. We've learned the address where Salling was found dead near a little league field adjacent to a creek.
The former "Glee" star was awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography involving prepubescent minors. Prosecutors say he had 50,000 images of underage children.
Sentencing in the case was set for March. He was expected to get 4 to 7 years in prison as part of a plea deal.
TMZ broke the story … Salling had cut his wrists back in August and it appeared to be a suicide attempt, although his lawyer denied it.
Salling was 35.