Twitter has revealed that a message acknowledging the death of Glee television show star Cory Monteith was the most echoed tweet on the globally popular messaging platform this year.

The message posted on Twitter about Monteith’s fatal drug overdose by co-star Lea Michele was re-tweeted more than 408,000 times from 133 countries, making it the “Golden Tweet” of 2013, according to the San Francisco-based internet company.

Thank you all for helping me through this time with your enormous love & support. Cory will forever be in my heart. pic.twitter.com/XVlZnh9vOc

— Lea Michele (@msleamichele) July 29, 2013

“Among the millions of affecting Tweets this year, there is something we call The Golden Tweet,” Twitter spokesman Gabriel Stricker said in a blog post.

“It’s the most-retweeted Tweet of the year – the one that resonated most with millions of Twitter users around the world. In 2013,” he said on Thursday.

A Twitter message announcing the recent death of The Fast and The Furious film celebrity Paul Walker in a car crash was second, having been re-tweeted 400,367 times, according to Stricker.

It’s with a heavy heart that we must confirm Paul Walker passed away today in a tragic car accident…MORE: http://t.co/9hDuJMH99M – #TeamPW

— Paul Walker (@RealPaulWalker) December 1, 2013

The third most re-tweeted message was one fired off by One Direction band member Niall Horan rejoicing in having just turned 20 years old.

Yesss ! I’m 20 ! Wohooo ! No more teens!

— Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial) September 12, 2013