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Stephen "tWitch" Boss, Former Ellen Show DJ, Dead astatine 40
Stephen "tWitch" Boss' parent is speaking retired for the archetypal clip after her son's unexpected death.
In an Instagram Story posted Dec. 15, Connie Boss Alexander expressed gratitude to friends and strangers alike for their enactment during a hard time.
"Family and friends, convey you for each the love, prayers and encouragement," she wrote. "Please cognize I spot each the messages, texts, posts and the telephone calls. I can't usage words close now. Please cognize I volition scope retired erstwhile I can."
Connie asked everyone to "please proceed to support america successful prayer" earlier sharing a connection to her son. "Stephen Laurel," she wrote, "your parent loves you to eternity and beyond."
Connie's connection came 1 time aft Stephen's woman of 9 years, Allison Holker, confirmed her husband's death.
"It is with the heaviest of hearts that I person to stock my hubby Stephen has near us," she said successful a statement to E! News Dec. 14. "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."
"To accidental helium near a bequest would beryllium an understatement, and his affirmative interaction volition proceed to beryllium felt," the So You Think You Can Dance star continued. "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."
Stephen died by suicide, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office. He was 40 years old.
Throughout the week, tributes have poured successful from Hollywood's biggest stars, including Stephen's friends Justin Timberlake and Channing Tatum, arsenic good arsenic his So You Think You Can Dance family. As for his longtime co-worker Ellen DeGeneres, the "heartbroken" talk-show big precocious paid tribute online.
"tWitch was axenic emotion and light," she wrote connected Instagram Dec. 14. "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."
For Connie, her Instagram is filled with memories of Stephen, who was the begetter to Weslie, 14, Maddox, 6, and Zaia, 3.
Back successful June, she praised her lad for his skills arsenic a parent. "Such a feeling of pridefulness and joyousness to spot you germinate arsenic a father, to witnesser the dedication, emotion and guidance you show @weslierboss @maddoxlboss @zaiaboss all day, each time fills my heart!" Connie wrote connected Instagram. "Blessings and emotion to you contiguous and each the days to come!"
If you oregon idiosyncratic you cognize needs help, telephone 988 to scope the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. You tin besides telephone the network, antecedently known arsenic the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, astatine 800-273-8255, substance HOME to 741741 oregon sojourn SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for further resources.
