Overview
- Guidera collapsed at his Southern California home on May 11 when his heart stopped and he was rushed to a hospital where doctors placed him on life support.
- His wife says medical teams kept him on ventilatory support for three weeks before following his prior directive to remove life support so he could be brought home.
- Guidera died at home on Saturday, June 6, and outlets reporting the death cite the family’s Facebook statement and interviews with his wife.
- No official cause of death has been released and, according to his wife, doctors do not know what triggered his heart to stop.
- A character actor best known for The Godfather Part III and a memorable scene in Species, Guidera is survived by his wife, Valarie, and their son, Nick, and social media tributes have poured in.