‘A way to keep him living’: Nick Cordero’s widow Amanda Kloots shares she’s making pottery from clay mixed with late actor’s ashes
She lost her husband Nick Cordero to COVID-19 in July.
And on Tuesday, Amanda Kloots shared via social media how she had created a very special memento of the Broadway actor.
‘My girlfriend from years on Broadway has an incredible pottery business in LA and she invited us to make pottery using some of Nicks ashes,’ Kloots, 38, shared.
Creating memories: Nick Cordero’s widow Amanda Kloots shared on Instagram Tuesday that she and son Elvis, one, have made pottery from clay mixed with the late actor’s ashes
‘I have recently learned how many ways you can repurpose ashes and make new things with them. I think it is beyond beautiful, a way to keep him living!’
In her lengthy Instagram post, the fitness instructor shared how she and her one-year-old son Elvis had worked the clay that had been mixed with some of Cordero’s ashes.
‘Elvis and I got our hands wet and put our hands into the clay to make our imprints on the piece. It will be a vase!,’ she wrote.
‘This was so incredible and really felt special. A way to turn something sad into something joyful.’
Shared on social media: ‘I have recently learned how many ways you can repurpose ashes and make new things with them. I think it is beyond beautiful, a way to keep him living!’ Kloots said
Team effort: ‘Elvis and I got our hands wet and put our hands into the clay to make our imprints on the piece. It will be a vase!,’ she wrote
Lasting memorial: ‘This was so incredible and really felt special. A way to turn something sad into something joyful,’ she shared
‘It will just be this beautiful reminder of Nick instead of a sad reminder which is what they were,’ Kloots, 38, explained
On her Instagram Story, Kloots, who married Rock Of Ages star Cordero in 2017, explained that she had scattered some of her late husband’s ashes in the Pacific ocean.
She said she also plans to use some of them in jewelry she’s planning to make.
‘It will just be this beautiful reminder of Nick instead of a sad reminder which is what they were,’ she said.
Gone but not forgotten: Cordero died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in LA on July 5 where he’d been hospitalized since March suffering from complications of COVID-19. He was 41
On March 30, Cordero was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles suffering from pneumonia and later tested positive for the coronavirus.
He was placed on a ventilator and in mid-April had his right leg leg amputated due to complications.
He suffered severe lung damage, dropped 65lbs and was so weak he could not move or speak.
After more than 90 days in the ICU, he passed away July 5. He was 41.
Legacy: Kloots and Cordero married in 2017 and welcomed their son Elvis in June 2019. ‘I want him to know Nick struggled to make his dreams come true and he never quit,’ she told the NY Times of how she plans to talk to her child about his father
In an interview with the New York Times published on Tuesday, Kloots spoke about her commitment to raising her son to know his father.
‘I want him to know Nick struggled to make his dreams come true and he never quit,’ she said.
‘I want him to know his dad was a hard worker,’ she added. ‘And I’d love for him to know about all the people that he touched, the lives that he touched, and what a good guy he was.’
And she told the outlet how much her little boy is helping her to face a future without Cordero.
‘Even when I want to be sad, he’s just so cute that you end up smiling and laughing. He looks like Nick, and he has a lot of Nick’s personality. I can already tell,’ she said.
RIP: ‘God has another angel in heaven now…. my heart is broken,’ Kloots posted on July 5 as she announced the news that the Rock of Ages Broadway star had passed away