Broadway actor Nick Cordero dies at 41 after months-long battle with coronavirus

Broadway actor Nick Cordero, who starred Waitress, A Tale of the Bronx and Bullets on Broadway, died in Los Angeles after a multi-month battle with the coronavirus. He was 41 years old.

The announcement was made Sunday by Cordero’s wife, Amanda Kloots, who has been documenting her fight with the virus on Instagram since she was infected in late March. The couple, who married in September 2017, have a one-year-old son named Elvis.

“God has another angel in heaven now,” he wrote on Instagram. “My dear husband passed away this morning. He was surrounded by love for his family, singing and praying as he gently left this land. I am incredulous and suffering everywhere. My heart is broken because I cannot imagine our lives without him. Nick was a light So brilliant. He was everyone’s friend, he loved listening, helping and especially talking. He was an amazing actor and musician. He loved his family and loved being a father and a husband. Elvis and I will miss him in everything we do. Every day . “

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God has another angel in heaven now. My dear husband passed away this morning. He was surrounded by love for his family, singing and praying as he gently left this land. ⠀ I am incredulous and suffering everywhere. My heart is broken since I cannot imagine our lives without it. Nick was such a bright light. He was everyone’s friend, he loved to listen, help and especially talk. He was an incredible actor and musician. He loved his family and loved being a father and a husband. Elvis and I will miss him in everything we do, every day. ⠀ For the extraordinary Dr. Nicks, Dr. David Ng, you were my positive doctor! There are not many doctors like you. Kind, smart, compassionate, assertive, and always eager to hear my crazy ideas or call another doctor for a second opinion. You are a diamond in the rough. ⠀ ⠀ I cannot begin to thank you all enough for the outpouring of love, support and help that we have received over the past 95 days. You have no idea how much you raised my spirit at 3pm every day as the world sang the Nicks song Live Your Life. We sing it to him today, holding hands. As I sang the last line, “They will give you hell, but don’t turn them on, kill your light not without fighting.” Live your life, “I smiled because he definitely fought. I will love you forever and always my sweet man. ❤️

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According to Kloots, Cordero became ill for the first time on March 20 with what was initially diagnosed as pneumonia; It was later confirmed to be COVID-19. “He couldn’t get out of bed, so tired, without energy, that was really his only symptom,” he told BuzzFeed at the time.

He was hospitalized and shortly afterwards was placed in a medically induced coma. Over the course of the following months, he was unconscious and kept alive with the use of a ventilator, dialysis, and a specialized heart-lung bypass machine. He suffered heart attacks, sepsis, underwent a tracheostomy and had his right leg amputated.

“He had no pre-existing health conditions. We don’t know how he got COVID-19, but he did,” he wrote in an Instagram post on May 8. “This disease not only affects[[[[sic]the elderly. This is real. A perfectly healthy 41-year-old man! “

Cordero, who was born in Hamilton, Ontario, made his off-Broadway debut as the leader in The toxic avenger stage play in 2008 before making its Broadway debut in Rock of Ages in 2012. Her first role came Bullets on Broadway, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical and the Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. Then he starred Waitress and Such a bronxe in 2016. He also appeared in multiple episodes of television series. Blue blood and Law and order: SVU.

Kloots has been living in the guest house of actor Zach Braff, who starred with Lamb in Bullets on Broadway, During the last months. Braff wrote on Twitter: “Honestly, I can tell you that I have never met a kinder human being. Don’t think that Covid only claims the elderly and infirm.”

An online fundraiser for Kloots and his son has already raised more than $ 800,000. Other friends, Broadway stars, and fans also paid tribute to him online.