He had no known pre-existing conditions, Kloots has said, but he developed an infection that caused two mini-strokes and septic shock. Doctors at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles also placed Cordero, a Tony-nominated actor, in a medically induced coma and amputated his right leg.

Kloots told CBS News last week that Cordero would likely need a double lung transplant to “live the kind of life that I know my husband would want to live.”

In a note Sunday on Instagram, Kloots said she held Cordero’s hand and sang his favorite song, “Live Your Life.”

“As I sang the last line to him, ‘they’ll give you hell but don’t you light them kill your light not without a fight. Live your life,’ I smiled because he definitely put up a fight,” she said. “I will love you forever and always my sweet man.”

The Tony Award-nominated actor specialized in playing tough guys on Broadway in such shows as “Waitress,” “A Bronx Tale” and “Bullets Over Broadway.”