Tony Award-nominated actor Nick Cordero, who specialised in playing tough guys on Broadway, dies in Los Angeles after suffering severe medical complications related to coronavirus.
Tony Award-nominated actor Nick Cordero, who specialised in playing tough guys on Broadway, has died in Los Angeles after suffering severe medical complications after contracting the coronavirus.He had his right leg amputated, suffered strokes, infections and blood clotsThe 41-year old died on Sunday at Cedars-Sinai hospital after more than 90 days in the hospital, according to his wife, actor Amanda Kloots."Nick was such a bright light.
He had been on a ventilator and unconscious and had his right leg amputated. A double lung transplant was being considered.Actress and producer Viola Davis was among those in mourning, writing to Kloots and her child that "my heart is with you all".Fellow Broadway actress and president of Actors' Equity Association, Kate Shindle, wrote on Twitter she was "heartbroken for his family and deeply saddened by the loss of this talented and widely loved actor".
"'We're going to dance again. You're going to hold your son again.' My line is, 'Don't get lost. Get focused.'" The lanky Cordero originated the menacing role of husband Earl opposite his estranged wife, played by Jessie Mueller, in Waitress as well as the role of Sonny in Chazz Palminteri's A Bronx Tale. It was in Bullets Over Broadway where Cordero met his wife. The two married in 2017.
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