Tony Award-nominated actor Nick Cordero, who specialised in playing tough guys on Broadway in such shows as Waitress, A Bronx Tale and Bullets Over Broadway, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 41.
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He had suffered severe medical complications after contracting the coronavirus.
Cordero died on Sunday at the Cedars-Sinai hospital after spending more than 90 days there, according to his wife, Amanda Kloots.
The performer entered the emergency room on March 30 and suffered a succession of health setbacks, including mini-strokes, blood clots and septic infections.
He underwent a tracheostomy and had a temporary pacemaker implanted.
Cordero had been on a ventilator and had his right leg amputated.
Australian Associated Press