Amanda Kloots' husband, Nick Cordero, was a celebrated stage actor

The couple married in 2017 and shared a son named Elvis

In 2020, Kloots shared about Cordero's journey after being diagnosed with COVID-19 and tragically announced his death on July 5

As the world was coming to grips with the devastating impacts of COVID-19, Nick Cordero’s story garnered mass attention thanks to his wife, Amanda Kloots.

Cordero caught the virus in late March of 2020 and spent 95 days in the hospital. He died five years ago on July 5, 2020.

While Cordero was hospitalized, Kloots shared regular updates about her husband’s health on Instagram with the hopeful hashtag, #wakeupnick. It sparked mass support from strangers and loved ones alike. After his death, Florence Pugh, a fellow actor and friend of the couple, commemorated Cordero's life on Instagram, writing, “Nick, we love you to infinity and beyond. Rest In Peace you beautiful, beautiful man.”

Kloots, a Broadway dancer-turned-fitness instructor, first met Cordero, an actor, in New York City. At the time, the pair were working on Bullets Over Broadway, for which Cordero received a Tony nomination.

“We were friends first and then fell in love,” Kloots wrote on Instagram about the early days of her relationship with Cordero. “We got married in NYC in 2017 and had [our son] Elvis two years later.”