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In an interview on 'Good Morning America,' Yolanda Previtire shared details around her final conversation with the 'Glee' actress, as well as what she wants her daughter's legacy to be.

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00:00I would like my daughter's, Naya's legacy to be one that teaches people to love.

00:11Exactly one year after actress Naya Rivera was first reported missing,

00:15her mother and sister are reflecting on her death in an emotional interview with Good Morning America.

00:20The Glee alum's mother, Yolanda, recounted the last time she spoke to Rivera

00:23on the day she and her son, Josie, were on Lake Piru, where she went missing.

00:27I called her back and I said, Naya, where are you?

00:32She's like, oh, me and Josie were going to go to the lake and I was going to have them fish.

00:37During their conversation, Yolanda said she noted to her daughter that the lake conditions were choppy,

00:42but to quote, call me when you get off the water.

00:44Rivera's mother went on to describe hearing the news that her grandson had been recovered by a fellow boater,

00:49but that they couldn't locate her daughter.

00:51And it was almost like a force. I don't know what it was, but I literally, I was just pushed backwards, just screaming.

01:00A multi-day search for Rivera followed.

01:02What were those days like for you guys?

01:05Those first five days were...

01:06Hell.

01:07Awful.

01:08Hell on earth.

01:09During their last FaceTime call, Yolanda took screenshots of Josie,

01:13which ultimately helped the search and rescue team find Rivera's body several days later.

01:17Rivera's official cause of death was an accidental drowning.

01:20Thank God I took the pictures because they were able to look at the topography of the land to locate where they were.

01:27Rivera's mother and sister also spoke to her legacy,

01:29including her impact playing the outspoken and confident lesbian Latina Santana Lopez on the Fox hit Glee.

01:35I honestly don't think that she even knew the impact that she had.

01:40People would come up to her all the time and say, you saved my life.

01:43For more on this story, go to THR.com.

01:46For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

01:50While back on this story, go home.

01:52Have a great day.

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