Nick Cordero death: Broadway actor dies at 41 following 95-day battle with coronavirus
Cordero's wife Amanda Kloots had been updating her social media followers on her husband's health throughout his battle
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Your support makes all the difference.Broadway actor Nick Cordero has died from coronavirus at the age of 41, after battling the illness for 95 days.
Cordero’s wife Amanda Kloots, who had been chronicling her husband’s condition on social media, confirmed the news.
“God has another angel in heaven now,” Kloots posted on her Instagram account on Sunday (5 July). “My darling husband passed away this morning. He was surrounded in love by his family, singing and praying as he gently left this earth.”
Cordero was hospitalised on 30 March, before being placed on a ventilator on 1 April. He subsequently experienced a number of complications, including septic shock and two “mini strokes”.
He was fitted with a temporary pacemaker to aid his breathing, and later required the amputation of his right leg after experiencing blood clotting.
Kloots confirmed on 13 May that Cordero had woken from a coma, but his health continued to deteriorate.
Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda led tributes to the actor, writing on Twitter: “Devastating. What a loss, what a light. Whole heart with Amanda and his family tonight.”
Scrubs actor Zach Braff, who was friends with Cordero and Kloots, added: “Nick Cordero passed at 11:40am today with his mother and wife by his side. I can honestly tell you I have never met a kinder human being. Don’t believe that Covid only claims the elderly and infirm. I am so grateful for the time we had. ‘We’ll catch up some other time.’”
Little Women star Florence Pugh also shared her own tribute to Cordero, posting a clip of the actor singing on her Instagram page, and writing: ”It is so shocking and devastating to see one of your own come down as hard as he did. Over the last few months I’ve wanted to ask myself every day – what can I do to help? But, instead I’ll ask all of you. What can WE do to help?”
Cordero was best known for his role in the musical Bullets Over Broadway, which earned him Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nominations in 2014.
He also originated roles in the Broadway productions of Waitress and A Bronx Tale.
Cordero met Kloots, a former dancer, when they both worked on Bullets Over Broadway. The pair married in 2017, and had a son, Elvis, in 2019.
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