Christopher Ryan Pask, known professionally as Chris Trousdale, was an American singer, dancer and actor.
15 Facts About Chris Trousdale
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Chris Trousdale was a member of The Broadway Kids and the boy band Dream Street, working with Jesse McCartney, Frankie J Galasso, Greg Raposo, and Matt Ballinger.
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Chris Trousdale's parents divorced and his mother remarried Wayne Trousdale.
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Chris Trousdale began his Broadway career when he was eight years old, touring with the production of Les Miserables, where he starred alongside Ashley Tisdale.
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Chris Trousdale was later cast as Friedrich von Trapp in the 1998 Broadway revival of The Sound of Music.
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When he was 14 years old, Chris Trousdale caught the attention of two producers who were putting together a boy band in New York City.
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Chris Trousdale met Greg Raposo during their time in The Broadway Kids.
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Chris Trousdale would go on to pursue a solo career with the managers of Dream Street; he was signed to Columbia Records and even heading to go on tour with the likes of Aaron Carter and Play.
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However, Columbia would want Chris Trousdale to be part of a new Dream Street boyband, something Chris Trousdale and his managers did not want to do.
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However, shortly after his solo career started to take off, Chris Trousdale put his career on hold in 2006 and moved back home to Michigan to take care of his ailing mother.
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In 2009, Chris Trousdale did an interview where it was mentioned an album was expected to drop that same year; however, it was never released.
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On June 30,2014, Chris Trousdale announced via Twitter that he had joined the Spectra Music Group to work on his solo album.
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In 2015, Chris Trousdale taught dance classes at Artworks Studio in Big Rapids, Michigan.
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Chris Trousdale was often private when it came to his personal affairs.
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On June 2,2020, Chris Trousdale died at a hospital in Burbank, California at the age of 34 from complications of an illness.