New York City declares September 17 "Nick Cordero Day" to honor the late Broadway actor on his birthday

New York City declared September 17 "Nick Cordero Day" to honor the late Broadway actor who died from COVID-19 last year and would have been 43 on Friday. 

Cordero died in July 2020 after months of struggling with complications stemming from COVID-19. Just a week prior to his death, Cordero's wife, Amanda Kloots, told CBS he had needed a double lung transplant to be able to "live the kind of life" he wanted. 

Cordero had been hospitalized for three months prior to his death. During that time, he had to have his leg amputated, went into septic shock, had a lung infection and received a temporary pacemaker.