Career
Hyndman worked in the makeup department of the Hudson"s Bay Company before becoming a makeup artist for Citytv at the invitation of television personality Jeanne Beker. Aside from private clientele, they also did set design work for various television productions in the Toronto area, and later starred in the first three seasons of Designer Guys, a Canadian design show. According to Beker, Hyndman did not originally have aspirations of becoming a television personality himself, but was active in supporting Sabados" goals while being personally content to work behind the scenes.
He became an on-air personality, initially reluctantly, only when a television producer suggested that they work together as a duo because of their unique and telegenic chemistry.
On August 3, 2015, Hyndman was found unresponsive in a laneway directly below the condominium unit he shared with Sabados in Toronto, shortly after 11 p.m. EDT. He was pronounced dead shortly after.
He was 49 years old. Hyndman and Sabados had just returned from a vacation in Barbados one day earlier.
While no confirmed cause of death has been released, the Toronto Police have indicated that it is not being investigated as a criminal matter. Two days after his death, his mother told the media that Hyndman was a sleepwalker, and she believes he fell off the couple"s balcony during a sleep walk.
Following Hyndman"s death, production and airing of Steven and Chris was suspended pending a decision from Sabados on whether he wanted to continue the show on his own or with a new cohost. On August 21, 2015, Sabados announced that he would not continue the show, resulting in its cancellation.
