US TV chef Floyd Cardoz died aged 59 of coronavirus amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Top Chef Masters winner was found dead following complications brought on by the killer virus at Mountainside Medical Centre, in New Jersey on Wednesday.
It's been a week since the cook was admitted into hospital last Wednesday with a fever. Floyd tested positive for coronavirus following his hospitalisation.
In his last Instagram message, the TV chef expressed his anxieties about his health from his hospital bed last week. The TV personality snapped a selfie while he donned a hospital gown to accompany his message.
Floyd described his hospital trip as a "precautionary measure" after he was "feeling feverish". In his final public note, he wrote to his