Doug Blasdell

Doug Blasdell was an out gay trainer who appeared on Bravo's reality TV series "Work Out." According to an inteview on AlfterElton.com, Blasdell was born at St. Jospehs hospital in Burbank and went to high school in West Lake Village. During his senior year he apparently moved to noerthern California. The Los Angeles native earned a business degree in 1988 at the University of Southern California, according to Bravo. He put himself through college and was the first in his family to graduate, the network said. On the television show he was the oldest trainer by eleven years. Blasdell appeared on the July 18, 2006, cover of The Advocate alongside the show's lesbian star, Jackie Warner. Speaking to AfterElton.com around the same time, he talked about how much he enjoyed working on the Bravo show.

"It's a beautiful thing because it really focuses on being gay and the gay community in general," he said. "The people they picked represent our community very well. I mean, there's drama, of course. There is in any community. But the three of us give different examples of what it is to be gay. And none of it is negative."

At the time of his death in 2007 he was 44 years old and single

According to The Advocate, Blasdell died unexpectedly after being rushed to the hospital. No official report has been released on the cause of death.