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Amanda Klootshas found reasons to celebrate following the death of late husbandNick Cordero.
During a panel conversation Wednesday withKelly Rizzo— who also lost her husband,Bob Saget— theTalkco-host, 40, told PEOPLE that she’s adopted a new tradition of marking Cordero’s birthday on the anniversary of his death.
“The most beautiful thing in the world happened last year. It was the worst day. It was almost like, it felt like the day actually again. I laid in bed, and I cried my eyes for the good half of the day,” she recounted. “And then my girlfriend called me, and she was like, ‘Oh my God, I had the most amazing dream of Nick.’ "
In the dream, Cordero was “so happy and so smiley” because it was his birthday — “the one day I get to come back on earth and celebrate everybody,” he said in the vision.
“And she told me that dream and in an instant, I completely reframed his death day as his new birthday. And I instantly got out of bed,” she continued. “I thought to myself, ‘Oh my God, if Nick is celebrating this day, then Elvis and I need to always celebrate this day as his new birthday and that he is still with us and he will always be with us.’ "
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“And this doesn’t have to be a day where I cry my eyes out. This can be a day where I get a cake and we sing happy new birthday to dad. So I think that definitely will become a tradition for us,” Kloots explained.
Kloots shares 2½-year-old sonElvis Eduardowith Cordero, whodied of complications with COVID-19in July 2020, following a months-long hospitalization with the virus. He was 41.
TheDancing with the Starsalum previouslystruck up a friendship with Rizzo, 42, who also lost her husband when Sagetdiedin January at age 65due to head trauma.
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