Tony Award-nominated actor Nick Cordero, who specialized in playing tough guys on Broadway in such shows as Waitress, A Bronx Tale and Bullets Over Broadway, has died in Los Angeles after suffering severe medical complications after contracting the coronavirus. Cordero died Sunday at Cedars-Sinai hospital after more than 90 days in the hospital, according to his wife, Amanda Kloots. It was at Bullets Over Broadway where Cordero met his wife. Actor and guitarist for Bruce Springsteen Stevie Van Zandt offered Cordero his first TV acting gig in the final episode of Lilyhammer. Cordero was last onstage in a Kennedy Center presentation of Littler Shop of Horrors.

Source: CBC News July 06, 2020 01:56 UTC