Broadway star Nick Cordero dies aged 41 from complications from the coronavirus.

Tony-nominated Broadway actor Nick Cordero, who starred in hit musicals such as Waitress, A Bronx Tale and Bullets Over broadway , died in Los Angeles of serious medical complications after contracting the coronavirus. He was 41 years old.

Cordero died Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Hospital after spending more than 90 days in the hospital, according to his wife, Amanda Kloots. “God has another angel in heaven now,” she posted on Instagram. “Nick was such a bright light. He was everyone's friend, loved to listen, help and especially talk. He was an amazing actor and musician. He loved his family and loved being a father and husband. ”

Cordero entered the emergency room on March 30 and experienced a succession of health setbacks, including a mini-stroke, blood clots, sepsis infections, a tracheostomy and a temporary pacemaker implant. He was on a ventilator and unconscious and had his right leg amputated. A double lung transplant was being explored.

Kloots uploaded daily videos of herself and her one-year-old son, Elvis, and asked friends and fans to join in a daily sing-along. She said it was hard to tell if Cordero understood what was going on, but when he was alert, he could respond by looking her up and down. One GoFundMe page to pay medical expenses raised more than US $ 600,000.

The industry paid tribute to Cordero, with many people asking to donate. Cordero was very close with actor Zach Braff. “I can honestly say I have never met a kinder human being,” Braff wrote on Twitter and Instagram. “Do not believe that this covid only claims the elderly and the infirm.”

Musical director and collaborator Michael J Moritz wrote: “I am incredibly saddened to lose such a wonderful friend and musical partner. Amanda will need all the support and love we can give her.

Cordero played Earl in the Broadway hit Waitress and the role of Sonny in Chazz Palminteri's A Bronx Tale. He met Kloots while starring in Bullets Over Broadway, a 2014 stage adaptation of Woody Allen's 1994 film, in which she also performed. Cordero was nominated for a Tony for his role as Cheech. The two got married in 2017.

Cordero has also appeared in several episodes of Blue Bloods and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and had a role in the 2017 film Going in Style.

He was last onstage at a Kennedy Center performance of Little Shop of Horrors.

Other Broadway actors who have been infected with the coronavirus include Danny Burstein, Tony Shalhoub, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Gavin Creel, Aaron Tveit and Laura Bell Bundy. O Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally died in March due to complications from the virus.