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COVID-19 Claims Life Of Former Jersey Shore Playhouse, Broadway Star Nick Cordero, 41 COVID-19 Claims Life Of Former Jersey Shore Playhouse, Broadway Star Nick Cordero, 41
Covid-19 Claims Life Of Former Jersey Shore Playhouse, Broadway Star Nick Cordero, 41 Broadway star Nick Cordero, who got his acting start along the Jersey Shore, died from complications of COVID-19. months after his right leg had to be amputated. He was 41. “God has another angel in heaven now,” his wife, Amanda Kloots, wrote on Instagram. “My darling husband passed away this morning. He was surrounded in love by his family, singing and praying as he gently left this earth.” Kloots posted on Instagram about her husband’s condition throughout his treatment. The native of Ontario, Canada, moved to New York in 2008 and was cast in the rock musical “The Toxic Avenger” at …
Oprah Donates $500K To Newark High School Oprah Donates $500K To Newark High School
Oprah Donates $500K To Newark High School Oprah Winfrey surprised students at West Side HIgh School during a visit Friday night, when she pledged a half-million dollars to fund a signature initiative started by the school's principal.  CBS 2 News reports that Winfrey was inspired to make the donation after she read about Principal Akbar Cook's "Lights On" initiative,  under which the school remains open Friday nights to give students an alternative to the streets.  Winfrey's donation will fund the program through the summer.  Cook gained national notoriety after he installed laundry rooms at the schoo…
Leonia's Alan Alda, 82, Reveals That He Has Parkinson's Disease Leonia's Alan Alda, 82, Reveals That He Has Parkinson's Disease
Leonia's Alan Alda, 82, Reveals That He Has Parkinson's Disease Beloved actor Alan Alda, a former longtime Leonia resident, revealed on Tuesday that he's had Parkinson’s disease the past 3½ years. Alda, 82, told “CBS This Morning” that he'd noticed his thumb twitch during TV appearances the past few weeks and didn't want speculations about his health to become tabloid fodder. "I've had a full life since then [the diagnosis]," he said. "I've acted, I've given talks, I help at the Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook. "It’s only about a matter of time before someone does some story about this from a sad point of view, …