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Amanda Kloots reveals she has turned her late husband’s ashes into a diamond ring.
The 5-carat black diamond is “a beautiful reminder that he is always with me,” she said.
Nick Cordero, a Tony Award-nominated Broadway performer, died in 2020 from COVID-related complications.
Amanda Kloots can now keep her late husband with her at all times.
The dancer and wellness founder revealed on Thursday that she used some of Nick Cordero‘s ashes to create a “gorgeous” black diamond ring.
Nick Cordero and Amanda Kloots in 2017
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“The way this beautiful stone turns blue when it catches the light feels like pure magic,” Kloots captioned an Instagram video showing off the dazzling gem. “The stone is set so it always touches my skin, and Nick’s initials are engraved on the bottom—a beautiful reminder that he is always with me.”
Cordero, a Tony Award-nominated actor and singer, died in 2020 from COVID-related complications after spending more than three months in the hospital, a heart-wrenching ordeal that his wife documented on social media. The 41-year-old father had his leg amputated due to blood clots and was on dialysis and a ventilator when he passed away.
For the commemorative jewelry, Kloots collaborated with Eterneva, a company that grows diamonds in its lab using an individualized method that pressurizes the ashes (or hair) of a deceased loved one.
Depending on the carat size and color, the process can take between seven to 10 months, at a price that ranges from $2,999 to $24,999. Cordero’s stone took over a year.
Kloots’ ring, designed by EF Collection Fine Jewelry, is a 5-carat black diamond, emerald cut, and delicately set in 14k rose gold (Kloots’ favorite metal) so it’s “the star of the show,” explained EF Collection’s Emily Faith. The band features hand-set pave diamonds “to complement the center stone without competing with it.”
One of the black diamond’s most captivating qualities is “the incredible blue fire hidden within it,” continued Faith, a Los Angeles-based designer and Kloots’ frend. “We didn’t want anything to obstruct that beauty so I suggested our signature floating diamond setting, which would leave the underside of the stone completely exposed. This allows the light and the life within the stone to shine through from every single angle.”
Most importantly, she added, the ring’s design places the diamond directly against Kloots’ finger, “a really meaningful detail that creates a constant physical connection between Amanda and Nick.”
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Kloots and Cordero met as costars in the musical Bullets Over Broadway in 2014. Three years later they married in New York City, and in 2019 the couple became parents with the birth of their son Elvis.
In the years since Cordero’s death, Kloots has focused on motherhood and her professional career outside of theater.
In 2021, she published a memoir, Live Your Life, and competed on Dancing With the Stars, making it all the way to fourth place. That year, she also became a cohost on The Talk, until the CBS daytime show’s 2024 cancellation.
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