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Stephen "tWitch" Boss, Former Ellen Show DJ, Dead astatine 40
Ellen DeGeneres is mourning the nonaccomplishment of her friend.
The speech amusement host shared an affectional tribute to Stephen "tWitch" Boss, The Ellen DeGeneres Show's longtime DJ, following his death on Dec. 14 astatine property 40.
"I'm heartbroken. tWitch was axenic emotion and light. He was my family, and I loved him with each my heart," DeGeneres told E! News successful a statement. "I volition miss him. Please nonstop your emotion and enactment to Allison and his beauteous children - Weslie, Maddox, and Zaia."
The comedian besides posted her enactment to Instagram, alongside a photograph of the 2 hugging.
After joining the daytime speech amusement successful 2014, Boss rapidly became a instrumentality favorite, becoming co-executive shaper connected the bid successful 2020 until its extremity successful 2022, during which helium often filled successful for DeGeneres arsenic host.
DeGeneres' connection is 1 of respective tributes from Ellen DeGeneres Show colleagues. The show's enforcement shaper Andy Lassner posted a screengrab of him with Boss and DeGeneres successful a car from an episode, writing, "Rest, my friend."
Kalen Allen, who provided commentary connected the speech show, shared a moving message connected Instagram to to his "beloved friend, confidant, and brother."
"God knows, my bosom is astatine a standstill due to the fact that I person ne'er known a person similar you," helium continued, alongside respective snaps of the brace together. "No words, dance, oregon amusement tin adequately seizure conscionable however magnificent your beingness was to this satellite and me. In a satellite wherever it was casual to get mislaid successful the shadows, I americium grateful that we ever saw each other. We were each other's fig 1 instrumentality and often the airy successful each other's darkest hours. I americium precise atrocious that the acheronian recovered a dependable this clip and became excessively loud."
Allen besides noted however overmuch his relationship with Boss meant to him arsenic a "queer achromatic man."
"I privation to convey you for seeing maine and providing maine with a relationship that I didn't adjacent cognize could exist," helium shared. "Oh, my friend, you person nary thought however your beingness unsocial was revolutionary. To beryllium heard is 1 happening and to beryllium seen is another. But, to beryllium felt is the existent gift, and I anticipation that arsenic you look down from above, you cognize that you were ne'er anyone's sidekick, and hell, you weren't adjacent a existent DJ, lol. But however you moved and captured the hearts of the satellite with your gentle and subtle kindness was the glue that made the puzzle complete. "
Boss' woman Allison Holker, with whom helium shared kids Weslie, 14, Maddox, 6, and Zaia, 3, confirmed his decease successful a Dec. 14 statement to E! News.
"It is with the heaviest of hearts that I person to stock my hubby Stephen has near us," she stated. "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."
Prior to his clip astatine The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Boss appeared arsenic a contestant connected respective contention shows, earlier rising to fame arsenic a runner up connected So You Think You Can Dance in 2008. He aboriginal appeared successful an All-Star play and returned arsenic a judge. Along with Holker, helium besides hosted Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings.
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