Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss's grandfather says family is 'completely devastated' as new details emerge - Yahoo Entertainment

New details astir Stephen "tWitch" Boss's decease are emerging.

Hollywood was stunned this week aft the Ellen DeGeneres Show DJ and So You Think You Can Dance judge/contestant was recovered dead successful an Encino, Calif., motel room. The coroner ruled the 40-year-old's death, connected Tuesday, a suicide.

"We had nary denotation that thing was retired of the ordinary," his gramps Eddy Boss, who past spoke to tWitch implicit the weekend, told Daily Mail.

Eddy shared the last substance helium got from his grandson, which said, "I emotion you Dad-Dad." The choreographer and pro dancer besides posted a photo tribute to his grandfather connected Instagram connected Dec. 9 for the 88-year-old's birthday.

The elder Boss described the household — including woman Allison Holker Boss and the couple's 3 children — arsenic "completely devastated. Our question is why? Where did it travel from?"

As the household tries to marque consciousness of the tragedy, TMZ claims successful a caller study that Boss near a enactment behind, per instrumentality enforcement sources. He besides reportedly took an Uber from his location to the motel, which is little than a mile away, connected Monday morning. His wife, Allison Holker Boss, went to an LAPD presumption the adjacent day, saying she couldn't find her husband. Police concisely listed Boss arsenic a "critical missing person" and searched adjacent the couple’s home, but soon helium was recovered astatine the motel erstwhile helium missed his checkout time.

Boss and his wife, who met done SYTYCD and lit up Instagram with their fun creation videos, were looking up to 2023. They had "multiple shows, marque deals and projects successful pre-production for the upcoming year," a root told People. "He was truthful excited astir each of the projects helium had coming up and was precise progressive time to day."

A imaginable task was perchance different play arsenic justice connected SYTYCD, wherever helium archetypal danced onto the country arsenic a contestant 2008. He was runner-up that play of the show, returned arsenic an All-Star (along with his aboriginal wife), and past was tapped arsenic a justice for the play that aired earlier this year.

His judging gig connected SYTYCD kicked disconnected conscionable arsenic his long-time tally arsenic the Ellen DeGeneres Show DJ and shaper came to an extremity successful May erstwhile the speech amusement ended its 19-year run. He besides appeared successful the films Magic Mike XXL and Step Up 3D.

A abstracted study from TMZ denied that Boss was successful fiscal occupation astatine the clip of his death, citing sources with nonstop knowledge.

In a connection confirming her husband's decease connected Wednesday, Holker Boss, who hosted Disney+'s Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings with her husband, said helium "lit up each country helium stepped into. He valued family, friends and assemblage supra each other and starring with emotion and airy was everything to him."

She continued, "He was the backbone of our family, the champion hubby and father, and an inspiration to his fans. To accidental helium near a bequest would beryllium an understatement, and his affirmative interaction volition proceed to beryllium felt. I americium definite determination won’t beryllium a time that goes by that we won’t grant his memory."

In a tribute, DeGeneres said she was "heartbroken" implicit the decease of tWitch, who was family. They met erstwhile helium taught her the choreography for a creation and she brought him connected arsenic DJ for her amusement successful 2014. On Thursday, she posted a 2nd tribute — a video she made for tWitch arsenic the amusement ended. She showed it connected aerial and helium teared up watching it. His parent was successful the audience.

"Right present what I privation to bash is retrieve each the emotion and laughter I had with tWitch," DeGeneres wrote Thursday. "He brought truthful overmuch joyousness to my life. I cognize helium brought joyousness to yours too. I’m going to beryllium sharing immoderate of my favourite moments with him."

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