El actor de Broadway Nick Cordero, conocido por sus papeles en «Rock of Ages», «Waitress», «Bullets Over Broadway» y «A Bronx Tale The Musical», murió el domingo después de luchar contra las complicaciones de COVID-19 durante varios meses. Tenía 41 años.

Su esposa, Amanda Kloots, hizo el triste anuncio en su cuenta de Instagram el domingo por la noche.

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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. He was everyone’s friend, loved to listen, help and especially talk. He was an incredible actor and musician. He loved his family and loved being a father and husband. Elvis and I will miss him in everything we do, everyday. ⠀ To Nicks extraordinary doctor, Dr. David Ng, you were my positive doctor! There are not many doctors like you. Kind, smart, compassionate, assertive and always eager to listen to my crazy ideas or call yet another doctor for me for a second opinion. You’re a diamond in the rough. ⠀ ⠀ I cannot begin to thank everyone enough for the outpour of love , support and help we’ve received these last 95 days. You have no idea how much you lifted my spirits at 3pm everyday as the world sang Nicks song, Live Your Life. We sang it to him today, holding his hands. As I sang the last line to him, “they’ll give you hell but don’t you light them kill your light not without a fight. Live your life,” I smiled because he definitely put up a fight. I will love you forever and always my sweet man. ❤️

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En marzo de 2020, Cordero fue hospitalizado en el Centro Médico Cedars-Sinai en Los Ángeles después de dar positivo por coronavirus. Durante su estadía en el hospital, se sometió a una amputación de pierna, le dieron un marcapasos temporal y lo pusieron en coma inducido médicamente.

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Había estado en la unidad de cuidados intensivos durante más de 90 días y sufría complicaciones adicionales, como infecciones pulmonares y shock séptico.

Kloots había estado actualizando el estado de Cordero en sus historias de Instagram durante su estadía en el hospital. Más recientemente, le dijo a Gayle King que probablemente necesitaría un trasplante de doble pulmón si sobrevivía. Muchas personas mostraron su apoyo con publicaciones y videos usando #WakeUpNick.

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Nick update day 85. ⠀ Nick is profoundly weak. Imagine how you feel getting the flu and how it can take your body a full week to recover. Now imagine how Nicks body feels, all that he has gone through and how long it will take him to recover. This will take time, a long time. ⠀ He interacts with his eyes, answering questions by looking up for yes and down for no. When he is alert he can also move his jaw. I have been doing passive physical therapy on him to help in any way I can to get him stronger, to keep his joints moving and engage his muscles. He cannot move his body yet. He has had some minor blood infections that are causing little blood pressure issues although those are under control. His vent settings are getting better and his numbers are trending in a better direction. He is relatively stable. ⠀ Is this defeating? Sometimes it is, I won’t lie. I wish I would walk into his room and he was able to give me a big smile and hold my hand. But instead of feeling defeated, I turn to feeling determined! I give him any and all energy I can. I tell him goals that the doctors would like to see. I insist that he CAN do this! People may look at me like I’m crazy. They may think that I don’t fully understand his condition because I’m smiling and singing in his room everyday. I’m just not going to mope around and feel sad for myself or him. That is not what Nick would want me to do. That is not my personality. I fight and I will continue to fight for Nick every single day. With God on our side anything can happen! 🤍 ⠀

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Nick Cordero llegó por primera vez al escenario de Broadway para «Rock of Ages» en 2012 como Dennis and Record Company Man. En 2014, obtuvo una nominación a Tony y una nominación a Drama Desk por su papel de Cheech en la adaptación musical de «Bullets Over Broadway» de Woody Allen. También apareció como Earl en «Waitress», dejando de interpretar a Sonny en «A Bronx Tale The Musical», por la cual fue nominado para un premio Drama Desk.