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Saying goodbye is never easy, especially when it comes to icons and stars fans have grown to love. A number of such celebrities passed away in 2020 including Kobe Bryant, Chadwick Boseman and Naya Rivera. Bryant passed away in a helicopter crash on January 26 in Calabasas, California, alongside his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others. […]
The personal trainer, 38, shared via Instagram on Sunday, July 11, that she gathered with Cordero’s close friends and family over the weekend for the ceremony.
Nick Cordero and Amanda Kloots.Shutterstock
“I said, ‘Nick would have wanted this to be a celebration. Let’s try to laugh, share great stories and sing for him and to his memory,'” Kloots captioned a photo of herself holding the couple’s 13-month-old son, Elvis. “He would have loved it. It was beautiful and perfect. His spirit was definitely there.”
Kloots detailed the highlights of the service, which included the group listening to the song “I’m Here” from The Color Purple, a Broadway musical that she and Cordero bonded over. She added that the song held a new meaning for her in the wake of the Tony nominee’s death.
Paying tribute. Nick Cordero has been honored by many amid his tragic death, including some of today’s biggest stars. The Broadway performer died at age 41 on Sunday, July 5, from coronavirus related complications. He was admitted into Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on March 31, where he was initially diagnosed with pneumonia before testing […]
“Nick and I saw this show on Broadway years ago and we left the theater in tears, speechless,” the former Broadway dancer recalled. “As it was being played last night the lyrics in the second half of the song hit me hard. Truly, I am scared. Scared of my new normal, of the pain, the loss and being strong enough to get through it. But, I know Nick is up above routing for me, believing in me and hoping for me.”
Kloots announced that Cordero — who starred in the Broadway musicals Bullets Over Broadway, Waitress and A Bronx Tale: The Musical — died on July 5 after a three-month battle with coronavirus complications. He was 41.
Nick Cordero had people around the world praying for his recovery during his three-month-long battle with coronavirus before he died from complications on July 5. The Broadway star got sick on March 20, 2020, according to his wife, Amanda Kloots. The fitness instructor revealed on April 1 that doctors believed Cordero contracted COVID-19 after at […]
“I am in disbelief and hurting everywhere,” she wrote via Instagram at the time. “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.”
Kloots thanked Cordero’s “diamond in the rough” doctor, David Ng, and noted that the late performer “definitely put up a fight” during his hospitalization.
She added, “I will love you forever and always my sweet man.”
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