Broadway actor Nick Cordero, who had been hospitalized for three months and had his leg amputated after contracting the coronavirus, died, his wife, Amanda Kloots, said Sunday. He was 41 years old.
“My dear husband passed away this morning,” said Kloots in an Instagram post. “He was surrounded by love for his family, singing and praying as he gently left this land.”
“I am incredulous and suffering everywhere,” added Kloots. “My heart is broken since I cannot imagine our lives without it.”
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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. ❤️
Last week, Kloots told “CBS This Morning” that Cordero would need a double lung transplant.
“99% chance that I need it to live the kind of life that I know my husband would want,” said Kloots. “That is a long way off and a lot of things would have to be lined up for Nick to be a candidate for that.”
She described to Gayle King how difficult it was for her to do nothing but hold her hand.
“There are so many cables everywhere,” he said. “I just want to jump on his bed and hug him and grab him and squeeze him, but you know, you have to be very careful with everything that is happening, so I take his hand and massage his hand and hold his hand, and I’m waiting for the day when he holds my hand. “
Cordero was hospitalized three months ago for what doctors initially said was pneumonia, but Kloots posted on Instagram on April 1 that they believed had been misdiagnosed and had COVID-19.
After being sedated in the ICU for 18 days, his leg was amputated. He also suffered septic shock, had a lung infection, and had a temporary pacemaker.
Kloots described the ups and downs of his illness as “the vicious ICU dance circle.”
“One thing goes well and then something else goes wrong and what was wrong goes well, but then what was right goes wrong,” he said.
Kloots, a former Broadway dancer who is now a celebrity trainer, has been using her Instagram account to post updates on Cordero’s condition.
Cordero starred in the 2014 musical adaptation of the Woody Allen movie “Bullets Over Broadway” for which he earned a Tony nomination. He had also previously appeared on Broadway in “Rock of Ages,” “Waitress” and “A Bronx Tale: The Musical.”
Lamb and Kloots have a one-year-old son, Elvis. Throughout their battle with COVID-19, Kloots encouraged fans to sing the Lamb song “Live Your Life” daily at 3 pm ET.
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