Later Years
Cordero lived on a mountaintop in Barrio Barrazas in Carolina, Puerto Rico with his wife Alice Terrill, where he died of natural causes on October 9, 2012 at the age of 84. He had three sons, Federico, Fernando and Rafael, and one granddaughter. On October 19, 2012, he was honored posthumously by Carolina Mayor José Aponte Dalmau during the inauguration of the city's Museum of History. A memorial service, presided by Monsignor Efraín Rodríguez, was held on October 20, 2012 at the San Fernando Parish Church in front of the city plaza, honoring Cordero's life, with a standing-room-only crowd of friends, family and Secretary of State Kenneth McClintock in attendance.
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