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# Nick Cordero
- URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/nick-cordero/
- Published: 1999-01-02T21:10:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-01-03T20:31:25.000Z
- Author: Liam Sturgess
- Tags: Profiles, #docs, #individual
**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.[\[1\]](#fn1)
Cordero was diagnosed with pneumonia in Los Angeles in March 2020.[\[2\]](#fn2) He was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on March 30 after his breathing became labored.[\[3\]](#fn3) He tested negative for COVID-19, but was admitted to the intensive care unit the following day nonetheless. He was offered hydroxychloroquine.[\[4\]](#fn4)
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.[\[5\]](#fn5)
On April 18, 2020, his right leg was amputated due to a blood clot as a result of complications from his illness.[\[6\]](#fn6)[\[7\]](#fn7) By May 1, 2020, he had major lung damage including "holes in his lungs" and lung scarring.[\[8\]](#fn8) A tracheostomy tube was inserted to help him breathe.[\[9\]](#fn9)
On July 5, 2020, after 95 days in the hospital, Cordero died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, at age 41.[\[10\]](#fn10) His body was cremated.[\[11\]](#fn11)
## External links
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick%5FCordero)
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1. Kaplan, M. (2020, May 2). *Nick Cordero’s wife Amanda Kloots on virus horror: “He had no pulse.”* New York Post. [↩︎](#fnref1)
2. Lunden, J. (2020, July 6). *“Never Known A Kinder Person”: Actor Nick Cordero Dies Of COVID-19 At 41.* NPR. [↩︎](#fnref2)
3. *Coronavirus: Broadway actor Nick Cordero wakes from coma.* (2020, May 13). BBC News. [↩︎](#fnref3)
4. Kettmann, S. (2021, June 22). *From heartbreak to heroes: Three books make sense of the pandemic.* Datebook | San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide. [↩︎](#fnref4)
5. Lawrance, D. (2020, April 30). *Amanda Kloots recalls dropping Nick off at hospital 29 days ago.* Daily Mail. [↩︎](#fnref5)
6. Barket, B. (2020, April 19). *Nick Cordero, Broadway star from Ontario, has leg amputated due to COVID-19 complications.* CBC News; Associated Press. [↩︎](#fnref6)
7. Parshley, L. (2020, May 8). *The emerging long-term complications of Covid-19, explained.* Vox. [↩︎](#fnref7)
8. France, L. R. (2020, May 1). *Nick Cordero’s wife says his lungs are “severely damaged.”* CNN. [↩︎](#fnref8)
9. Trepany, C. (2020, May 1). *Nick Cordero’s coronavirus recovery: Amanda Kloots shares update she hopes is “great sign.”* USA TODAY. [↩︎](#fnref9)
10. Pasquini, M., & Chung, G. (2020, July 5). *Broadway Star Nick Cordero Dies.* People. [↩︎](#fnref10)
11. Chung, G. (2020, September 14). *Amanda Kloots Says She Scattered Some of Late Husband Nick Cordero’s Ashes in the Pacific Ocean.* People. [↩︎](#fnref11)