Stephen 'Twitch' Boss, 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' Alum, Dead at 40

American television personality and former DJ on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Stephen "Twitch" Boss passed away on Wednesday.

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Boss' wife Allison Holker Boss said in a statement to People, "It is with a heavy heart that I have to tell you about my husband, Stephen, who has left us

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"Stephen lit up every room he stepped into. He valued family, friends and community above all else and it was everything to him to lead with love and light."

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Law enforcement sources tell us that Stephen's wife, Allison Holker, fled to an LAPD station on Tuesday,

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And she was furious because she said that Stephen had left the house without his car - something that was not at all like him.

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We're told, a short time later - around 11:15am - paramedics received a call for a medical emergency at an L.A. hotel...

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And they found Stephen there, dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Stephen began DJing on Ellen's show in 2014, and was with her until the show ended in May 2022. He became an executive producer on the show in 2020.

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He really got his big break in showbiz in 2008, when he was runner-up on "So You Think You Can Dance".

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Stephen has hosted several reality shows... most notably, he and Allison hosted "Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings" together on Disney+

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Allison and Stephen just celebrated their 9-year anniversary last Saturday. They got married in 2013. He had 3 children.

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