Stephen “tWitch” Boss, hip-hop dancer, choreographer, actor, and cohost of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, has died at 40. According to a report from the Los Angeles medical examiner, Boss died on Tuesday at a hotel. The manner of death was suicide by gunshot. Boss had just recently celebrated nine years of marriage with his wife, Allison Holker. In an Instagram post, Boss shared photos from their wedding and wrote, “Happy anniversary, my love.”
… Holker and Boss had two children together. Boss adopted Holker’s daughter from a previous relationship.
… Born in Alabama, Stephen “tWitch” Boss studied dance performance at Southern Union State Community College and Chapman University before appearing on MTV’s The Wade Robson Project in 2003. In the same year, Boss was a runner-up on the talent show Star Search. In 2008, Boss competed in So You Think You Can Dance and became a runner-up. He returned to perform in subsequent seasons, and in 2022, he became a judge on the show.
… In 2014, Boss was featured on The Ellen DeGeneres Show as a guest DJ and then became a permanent fixture on the program. In 2020, he became a co-executive producer for the talk show.
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