{"id":4878,"date":"2020-06-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=4878"},"modified":"2020-06-12T14:46:01","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T14:46:01","slug":"chris-trousdale-singer-actor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=4878","title":{"rendered":"Chris Trousdale, singer & actor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chris Trousdale \u2011 an American singer and actor – passed away on June 2, 2020 due to coronavirus.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

He was a member of the boyband Dream Street, working with Jesse McCartney, Frankie Galasso, Greg Raposo, and Matt Ballinger.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Trousdale began his Broadway career when he was eight years old, touring with the production of Les Misérables, where he starred alongside Ashley Tisdale and after a successful run, moved to New York City at the age of ten, to join the Broadway production of the play with Ricky Martin and Lea Michele of Glee. While in New York, he joined the well known children's group The Broadway Kids (past members include Christy Carlson Romano, Jenna Ushkowitz, and Lacey Chabert) and performed in popular plays such as Beauty and the Beast, The Wizard of Oz, and the Radio City Christmas Spectacular.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Trousdale caught the attention of two producers who were putting together a boy band in New York City. Consisting of five members, including Jesse McCartney, he joined Dream Street in 1999. The group released their self-titled debut album in 2001.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Trousdale went on to record "Kissless Christmas" and "Wild Christmas" for School's Out! Christmas album in addition to the popular duets with the girl group Play (rendition of "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me") and solo artist Nikki Cleary (remake of the Grease track "You're the One that I Want"), which were huge hits on Radio Disney. However, shortly after his solo career started to take off, Trousdale put his career on hold in 2006 and moved back home to Michigan to take care of his ailing mother.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

In 2012, Trousdale auditioned on The Voice. On June 30, 2014, Trousdale announced via Twitter that he had joined the Spectra Music Group to work on his solo album.<\/p>\r\n<\/p>

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