Overview
- Guidera collapsed at his Southern California home on May 11 when his heart stopped and was rushed to hospital, where he remained on life support for about three weeks before being taken off machines and returned home, his wife said; he died on June 6.
- Doctors have not identified a cause for the cardiac arrest or his death, and no official autopsy results or new medical findings had been reported as of June 9.
- His wife Valarie (Valarie Anderson) and his son Nick survive him, and both the family and Astara, the Palos Verdes spiritual foundation where he volunteered, have posted tributes describing his passing.
- Guidera launched his screen career in 1990 with The Godfather Part III, earned notice for 1995’s Species (winning an MTV Best Kiss), and had steady character roles through the 1990s and early 2000s with final credits in the mid-2000s.
- Initial reporting relied on the account given by his wife to TMZ and was widely picked up by mainstream outlets, and further updates may follow if officials release autopsy results or a formal cause of death.