Nick Cordero's Family Celebrates His Life With Small Memorial

Nearly a week after Nick Cordero passed away from COVID-19 complications, family and close friends celebrated the Broadway star's life with a small memorial. On Sunday (July 12), his wife Amanda Kloots shared an uplifting post on Instagram about the intimate gathering.

"We had a small memorial yesterday with close family and friends," she wrote alongside a photo of herself and 1-year-old son Elvis. "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.' He would have loved it. It was beautiful and perfect. His spirit was definitely there."

"We listened to the song, I’m Here, from The Color Purple. Nick and I saw this show on Broadway years ago and we left the theater in tears, speechless," she continued her lengthy message. "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. He wants me to LIVE this new life and he wants me to be the best version of myself for our son. I promised him in the hospital that I would try to do that. So, when I heard these lyrics yesterday I thought, 'Ok. When I’m doubting if I can get through this, I’m playing this song. It will be my motto.'"

Kloots added that she knows the journey ahead will be long and foreign; however, she is taking it "one day, one step at a time" and has "faith that God is leading the way and that Nick is our angel."

She ended her post with lyrics to "I'm Here."

Cordero contacted the coronavirus in March and underwent a leg amputation a few weeks later due to complications. He was then placed in a medically induced coma and developed an infection in his already damaged lungs. The actor spent more than 90 days in the hospital before passing away. He was 41 years old.

See Kloots' emotional Instagram post below.

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