tWitch dead

Boss and his wife, fellow dancer Allison Holker, celebrated their ninth wedding anniversary earlier this week.

and "Dancing with the Stars." "To say he left a legacy would be an understatement, and his positive impact will continue to be felt," she continued. He was the backbone of our family, the best husband and father, and an inspiration to his fans," she said. "Please send your love and support to Allison and his beautiful children - Weslie, Maddox, and Zaia." He valued family, friends and community above all else and leading with love and light was everything to him. [named co-executive producer of the show](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ellen-degeneres-scandal-address-show-premiere/), and also filled in as host several times. He was my family, and I loved him with all my heart. Boss appeared on five seasons of "So You Think You Can Dance?" She then played [a video package highlighting](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTJ_GRPGPwI) his time on the show. local time Tuesday, officers were dispatched to a motel in the Encino neighborhood on a call of an "ambulance death investigation," the LAPD said in a statement Wednesday. Boss and his wife, Allison Holker, are both dancers who appeared on the competition series "So You Think You Can Dance?" DJ, dancer and producer tWitch, whose real name is Stephen Boss, has died at the age of 40.

'I will always save the last dance for you,' Allison Holker, wife and dance partner of the late Stephen 'Twitch' Boss, said in a statement.

“My heart goes out to his wife, Allison, and their three children, Weslie, Maddox, and Zaia.” “Twitch brought joy and love to people all over the world through music and through dance. I love you brother and will miss you dearly.” Holker and the “SYTYCD” judges were among many in the dance community who mourned the death of Boss. “A kind soul and a sweet person,” Love captioned the videos. “tWitch was always so kind to me and everyone who worked so hard behind the scenes,” Remini wrote. “Every moment I sit here, the reality becomes more and more real and it hits me harder as I sit here in tears while I type this to you. Text “HOME” to 741741 in the U.S. Boss and Holker each competed on “So You Think You Can Dance” and bonded over their love for dance. He was the backbone of our family, the best husband and father, and an inspiration to his fans.” The musicality of it was mesmerizing and a defining moment in Twitch’s dance career.” Murphy recalled Boss auditioning for the competition program and getting rejected multiple times — “but he persevered and came back again.”

Stephen "tWitch" Boss, a beloved hip-hop dancer known for "So You Think You Can Dance" and "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," has died. He was 40.

"I love you baby and I will never take you or OUR love for granted! "I feel so blessed and loved!!" "He was the backbone of our family, the best husband and father, and an inspiration to his fans." Boss married Holker -- a fellow "SYTYCD" alum who competed on season 2 and returned as an all-star in future seasons -- in 2013. He also teamed up with the comedian on "Ellen's Game of Games," which aired from 2017 to 2021. He valued family, friends and community above all else and leading with love and light was everything to him," she continued.

Stephen "tWitch" Boss has died at 40 years old. The professional dancer gained fame on "So You Think You Can Dance" and "The Ellen Show."

tWitch began his career in 2008 after landing the runner-up spot on "So You Think You Can Dance." Literally, we danced and we were together holding hands the very next day," Allison added. tWitch began DJing on the show in 2014. "To say he left a legacy would be an understatement, and his positive impact will continue to be felt," she continued. The 40-year-old's death was confirmed by his wife Allison Holker Boss, and a source tells Fox News Digital his death was a suicide. He was the backbone of our family, the best husband and father, and an inspiration to his fans."

tWitch started his tenure at "The Ellen Show" in 2014 and later was promoted to co-executive producer in 2020. His wife, Allison Holker Boss, confirmed his ...

My heart is heavy today for his family and all of those who knew and loved him," Washington also posted on Instagram. He also had placed as a runner-up on "So You Think You Can Dance" and later judged season 17 of the dance competition show. "My personal opinion: The greatest of all time had to be Gene Kelly, man. He was my family, and I loved him with all my heart. He was the backbone of our family, the best husband and father, and an inspiration to his fans." He valued family, friends and community above all else and leading with love and light was everything to him.

Television personality Ellen DeGeneres has paid tribute to her show's longtime dancing DJ Stephen Boss, known as tWitch, following his death at age 40.

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But people who didn't watch The Ellen Degeneres Show might not realize that there was lots of purely great dancing on there, too—and for that, you often had ...

Upon Twitch’s death, people I didn’t even expect to know of him—people I assume have only seen a couple of episodes of Ellen in their lifetimes—were messaging me (historically, an incredibly vocal Twitch fan) about their sadness at this massive loss. [key player](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo7F1TI9WGQ) for the protagonists’ dance crew in the bigger sequences. Since he was a legend in the dance community, dancing with Twitch [was the dream](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVldQgUG37I) of a lot of the dancers Ellen highlighted, and [he always obliged](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3ysGlRC220). Twitch was her number one dance partner and the most vocal supporter of the dancers Ellen had on the show. Though her own dancing could come off as dorky, Ellen built a reputation as a lover of dance—this is why her surprise performance on SYTYCD with Twitch made sense, and why dancing became a core part of her talk show. He auditioned for the show’s [third season in 2007](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TltUHAm7PDs), but failed to make it from the audition rounds into the top 20 that would compete in the live shows, and [came back the following year](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9NXcU_IK2w). One of Twitch’s most notable performances in that capacity was his season 7 turn as an All-Star with ballet dancer Alex Wong, who surprised America by killing it in a hip-hop routine to Lil Jon’s “Outta Your Mind.” The finale of SYTYCD always consists of the contestants dancing the season’s most notable dances again, but Wong injured himself before the finale, unable to reprise his mind-blowing performance. But Twitch also was a master of the groove, of sitting in the hip-hop pocket—when you weren’t oohing or aahing or laughing, you were making that grimace, that “stank face,” that you get when [a musician](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHOVa6rIYbg) [or dancer is really on](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPw69NNp48M). [news of the death](https://people.com/tv/stephen-twitch-boss-dead-at-40/) of Stephen “Twitch” Boss, the 40-year-old dancer and actor who was best known as the former DJ of The Ellen Degeneres Show. Twitch (who styled his name “tWitch”) became Ellen’s permanent DJ in 2014, after [debuting as a guest DJ in 2013](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ0s8MfeU2M), and remained until the show ended in May of this year. In 2008, during season 4 of SYTYCD, Twitch not only made it to the top 20, but also ended up in second place for the entire competition. [notorious](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/12/arts/television/ellen-degeneres.html)— [though some people enjoyed it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X0qXIW43wg)—for dancing, in a way that sometimes looked awkward, with the guests on her show.

Boss was best-known as the 'dancing DJ' on The Ellen DeGeneres show, on which he also served at co-executive producer.

"tWitch greeted the world every day with a beautiful smile that was a direct reflection of his beautiful heart. He was so classy," Boss said in an interview with the Associated Press in 2014. He would talk about them all the time with such pride. "My personal opinion: The greatest of all time had to be Gene Kelly, man. "Stephen lit up every room he stepped into. "He was the backbone of our family, the best husband and father, and an inspiration to his fans."