Paul Gerald Cattermole was an English singer and actor.
20 Facts About Paul Cattermole
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Paul Cattermole was best known for being a member of the pop group S Club 7 from 1998 until his departure in 2002.
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Paul Cattermole was born in St Albans, Hertfordshire to Gerald and Liz Paul Cattermole.
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Paul Cattermole's grandfather worked at Abbey Road Studios in London, giving him the idea at a young age of finding a job in music.
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Paul Cattermole later joined the National Youth Music Theatre, where he met his future S Club 7 bandmate Hannah Spearritt; they appeared together in Pendragon.
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When he was 16, Paul Cattermole decided to go in a different musical direction and formed a heavy metal band called Skua before Simon Fuller chose him to be in S Club 7.
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Paul Cattermole became a member of S Club 7 after a series of auditions, along with members Tina Barrett, Jon Lee, Bradley McIntosh, Jo O'Meara, Hannah Spearritt and Rachel Stevens in 1998.
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In 2002, Paul Cattermole quit S Club 7 to rejoin his school metal band, Skua.
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Paul Cattermole later described frustration with the S Club 7 management, and said that "it had got to the point where things were being handled so badly, I had to go".
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Paul Cattermole stayed with S Club 7 until June 2002, featuring in four episodes of their final television series, Viva S Club.
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Paul Cattermole sang with his own band at a charity concert called 'The Sounds of Summer' at 'The Lord Taverners' club in London on 27 July 2011.
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In 2015, Paul Cattermole toured in a production of The Rocky Horror Show in the role of Eddie.
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Paul Cattermole left the tour when he received a back injury after a dancer fell on him during a dance number.
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Paul Cattermole said that he had asked to participate in reality shows such as Celebrity Big Brother, Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing on Ice, but he was not invited to be a contestant.
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In 2022, it was revealed that Paul Cattermole had begun providing online tarot cards services.
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At the time, Paul Cattermole was 17 years old and Spearritt was 14.
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Paul Cattermole departed from the group in 2002 but the couple continued to date until early 2006.
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Paul Cattermole lived in Swanage, Dorset, where his family were based.
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Paul Cattermole said that half of the payments would go towards paying bills, but was still deciding what to do with the other half.
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On 6 April 2023, Paul Cattermole was found unresponsive at his Dorset home and was pronounced dead later that day.