'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' DJ Stephen 'tWitch' Boss Dead at 40 – NBC Los Angeles - NBC Southern California

Stephen "tWitch" Boss, the beloved dancer and nonmigratory DJ connected "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" has died, his woman confirmed successful a connection to NBC News. He was 40 years old.

"It is with the heaviest of hearts that I person to stock my hubby Stephen has near us," Allison Holker said. "Stephen 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. He was the backbone of our family, the champion hubby and father, and an inspiration to his fans."

Holker continued, "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. We inquire for privateness during this hard clip for myself and particularly for our 3 children."

She concluded her connection by sharing a connection for her husband, writing, "I volition ever prevention the past creation for you."

A typical told NBC News Boss died by termination without sharing further details. NBC News has reached retired to the Los Angeles Police Department and the coroner for comment. 

Boss and Holker, who is besides a nonrecreational dancer, often shared choreographed dancing videos connected their societal media accounts. Just 2 days earlier his passing, the mates posted a video of them dancing unneurotic to Alicia Keys' "December Back to June."

In 2008, Boss archetypal two-stepped onto the nationalist signifier portion competing connected Season 4 of "So You Think You Can Dance." He was a runner-up and became a predominant beingness of the show, aboriginal serving arsenic an All-Star and squad skipper connected aggregate seasons.

Boss started DJing for "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" successful 2014. He yet became a co-executive shaper and predominant impermanent host.

He told "Entertainment Tonight" earlier this twelvemonth that helium was having a hard clip preparing to accidental goodbye to the amusement aft it was announced that DeGeneres would beryllium ending the daytime speech bid astatine the extremity of the 19th season.

"I deliberation the person that it's getting to the end, naturally, arsenic we do, you commencement to miss it and you commencement to soak successful each of the small moments wherever you go, 'Well, possibly I'm not rather acceptable to accidental goodbye conscionable yet,'" helium said.

DeGeneres posted a tribute to Boss connected her Instagram page, saying she was "heartbroken" by the quality of his passing.

"I’m heartbroken," she caption a photograph of the 2 hugging. "tWitch was axenic emotion and light. He was my family, and I loved him with each my heart. I volition miss him. Please nonstop your emotion and enactment to Allison and his beauteous children - Weslie, Maddox, and Zaia."

Before the "Ellen" amusement wrapped, Boss signed connected to big E!'s "Clash of the Cover Bands," a euphony contention bid featuring personage judges including Meghan Trainor and "American Idol" alum Adam Lambert. E! Network aired 1 play of the amusement successful precocious 2021. At the time, Boss said helium was having "so overmuch fun" shooting the show.

"I consciousness similar I've got the top presumption due to the fact that the judges, Ester, Meghan and Adam, they benignant of person the hardest occupation due to the fact that the endowment is serious," Boss said. "For me, I conscionable get to travel retired and beryllium a cheerleader for everybody. Honestly, it was truthful overmuch fun. It was virtually similar a performance each episode." 

No authoritative day for Season 2 has been reported, and with nary authoritative cancellation announced, the web has to corroborate that determination volition adjacent beryllium a 2nd season.

The dancer-DJ besides appeared successful films similar “Step Up: All In” and “Magic Mike XXL.”

Boss is survived by his woman Allison Holker and their 3 children, Zaia, 3, Maddox, 6, and Weslie, 14.

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