Ellen DeGeneres Remembers "tWitch" successful Touching Tribute

Stephen "tWitch" Boss' bequest volition unrecorded on.

The Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund successful Rwanda announced connected Feb. 6 that a histrion was planted connected conservation grounds successful grant of the precocious dancer, who besides served arsenic a DJ and co-executive shaper connected the comedian's eponymous speech show.  As a tribute, the enactment besides marked the histrion with a plaque reading: "In representation of Stephen 'tWitch' Boss and the light helium brought to the world."

"As we celebrated the 1 twelvemonth day of our Ellen Campus this past week, we took a infinitesimal to admit a precise peculiar idiosyncratic who near america excessively soon," an Instagram station from the money read. "tWitch brought airy to truthful galore and was a fantastic person to @ellendegeneres. In his grant we planted this histrion truthful helium volition beryllium everlastingly remembered connected the campus."

Boss died by termination connected Dec. 13 astatine the property of 40. In the aftermath of his passing, DeGeneres remembered each the "love and laughter I had with tWitch."

"He brought truthful overmuch joyousness to my life," she wrote successful a Dec. 15 Instagram post. "I cognize helium brought joyousness to yours too."

"I deliberation the champion happening that we tin bash is to laughter and hug each different and play games and creation and sing," DeGeneres captioned a Dec. 23 post. "That's the mode we grant him. We bash the things that helium loved to do, which is dancing. He loved music. He loved games."

Boss archetypal joined The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2014 arsenic a DJ. He was made co-executive shaper successful 2020, 2 years earlier the amusement ended, and occasionally filled successful for DeGeneres arsenic impermanent host.

The So You Can Think You Can Dance alum is survived by friends and family, including wife Allison Holker and and and kids Weslie, 14, Maddox, 6, and Zaia, 3.

"Stephen lit up each country helium stepped into," Holker said successful a connection to E! News pursuing Boss' death. "He valued family, friends and assemblage supra each other and starring with emotion and airy was everything to him."

She added, "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 honor his memory."