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Nick Cordero

Nicholas Eduardo Alberto Cordero was a Canadian actor and singer.

COVID-19

Cordero reportedly felt fatigued on March 20, 2020, spending almost a week in bed before fainting on March 26. He went to urgent care, and was told to return in four days if he still didn't feel better.[1]

Cordero was diagnosed with pneumonia in Los Angeles in March 2020.[2] He was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on March 30 after his breathing became labored.[3] He tested negative for COVID-19, but was admitted to the intensive care unit the following day nonetheless. He was offered hydroxychloroquine.[4]

His condition worsened and he was marked as being in "critical condition," leading his doctors to put him into a medically-induced coma and place him on a ventilator. He was then enrolled in the clinical trial for remdesivir, which was taking place at Cedars-Sinai.[5]

On April 18, 2020, his right leg was amputated due to a blood clot as a result of complications from his illness.[6][7] By May 1, 2020, he had major lung damage including "holes in his lungs" and lung scarring.[8] A tracheostomy tube was inserted to help him breathe.[9]

On July 5, 2020, after 95 days in the hospital, Cordero died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, at age 41.[10] His body was cremated.[11]

  1. Kaplan, M. (2020, May 2). Nick Cordero’s wife Amanda Kloots on virus horror: “He had no pulse.” New York Post. https://web.archive.org/web/20230710000549/https://nypost.com/2020/05/02/nick-corderos-wife-amanda-kloots-on-virus-horror-he-had-no-pulse/ ↩︎

  2. Lunden, J. (2020, July 6). “Never Known A Kinder Person”: Actor Nick Cordero Dies Of COVID-19 At 41. NPR. https://web.archive.org/web/20230418094235/https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/06/887583569/never-known-a-kinder-person-actor-nick-cordero-dies-of-covid-19-at-41 ↩︎

  3. Coronavirus: Broadway actor Nick Cordero wakes from coma. (2020, May 13). BBC News. https://web.archive.org/web/20220903000325/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52645276 ↩︎

  4. Kettmann, S. (2021, June 22). From heartbreak to heroes: Three books make sense of the pandemic. Datebook | San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide. https://web.archive.org/web/20230709232457/https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/from-heartbreak-to-heroes-three-books-make-sense-of-the-pandemic ↩︎

  5. Lawrance, D. (2020, April 30). Amanda Kloots recalls dropping Nick off at hospital 29 days ago. Daily Mail. http://archive.today/2023.07.09-225820/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8274895/Nick-Corderos-wife-Amanda-Kloots-recalls-dropping-hospital-29-days-ago.html ↩︎

  6. Barket, B. (2020, April 19). Nick Cordero, Broadway star from Ontario, has leg amputated due to COVID-19 complications. CBC News; Associated Press. https://web.archive.org/web/20230918030726/https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/nick-cordero-leg-amputation-1.5537671 ↩︎

  7. Parshley, L. (2020, May 8). The emerging long-term complications of Covid-19, explained. Vox. http://archive.today/2020.05.29-103258/https://www.vox.com/2020/5/8/21251899/coronavirus-long-term-effects-symptoms ↩︎

  8. France, L. R. (2020, May 1). Nick Cordero’s wife says his lungs are “severely damaged.” CNN. https://web.archive.org/web/20230918030725/https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/01/entertainment/nick-cordero-update-trnd/index.html ↩︎

  9. Trepany, C. (2020, May 1). Nick Cordero’s coronavirus recovery: Amanda Kloots shares update she hopes is “great sign.” USA TODAY. https://web.archive.org/web/20240104164125/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/05/01/amanda-kloots-gives-positive-update-nick-cordero-coronavirus-recovery/3071277001/ ↩︎

  10. Pasquini, M., & Chung, G. (2020, July 5). Broadway Star Nick Cordero Dies. People. http://archive.today/2020.07.07-000912/https://people.com/theater/nick-cordero-temporary-pacemaker-removed/ ↩︎

  11. Chung, G. (2020, September 14). Amanda Kloots Says She Scattered Some of Late Husband Nick Cordero’s Ashes in the Pacific Ocean. People. http://archive.today/2024.01.04-164453/https://people.com/theater/amanda-kloots-scattered-nick-cordero-ashes-pacific-ocean/ ↩︎