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A beloved 41-year-old actor died from coronavirus after being hospitalized for three months. He had been battling the virus, losing one of his legs as a result.
Nick Cordero died over the weekend. His wife, Amanda Kloots, confirmed the news on Sunday. In an Instagram post, she wrote:
“God has another angel in heaven now. My darling husband passed away this morning. He was surrounded in love by his family, singing, and praying as he gently left this earth. I am in disbelief and hurting everywhere. My heart is broken as I cannot imagine our lives without him. Nick was such a bright light.”
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Last week, Kloots told “CBS This Morning” that her husband would need a double lung transplant.
“A 99% chance that he would be needing that in order to live the kind of life that I know my husband would want to live,” she said. “That is a long road away and a lot of things would have to line up in order for Nick to be a candidate for that.”
Similarly, she spoke with Gayle King about how all she could do is hold her husband’s hand.
“There’s so many cords everywhere. I just want to jump in his bed and hug him and grab him and squeeze him. But, you know, you have to be very careful with everything that’s going on. So, I grab his hand and I massage his hand and I hold his hand, and I’m waiting for the day that he holds my hand back.”
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Three months ago, Cordero was initially diagnosed with pneumonia. However, Kloots said they believed he had been misdiagnosed, and instead had COVID-19. 18 days after being sedated in ICU, his leg was amputated.
Following that, he went into septic shock, had a lung infection and a temporary pacemaker placed. Unfortunately, those measures and any drug treatment were not successful.
Kloots said the entire process was a “vicious ICU dance circle.” As a former Broadway dancer turned celebrity trainer, Kloots has been documenting her husband’s condition on Instagram.
“One thing goes right and then another thing goes wrong and that thing that was wrong goes right but then the thing that was right goes wrong,” she said.
Cordero is survived by his one-year-old son, Elvis.
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