Stephen 'tWitch' Boss's Wife Allison and His Children Remember 'the Gift' of His Life on His 41st Birthday
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The 'So You Think You Think You Can Dance' fan favorite and 'Ellen DeGeneres Show' DJ died by suicide last December
Stephen "tWitch" Boss would have turned 41 on Friday — even as his loved ones are still processing his unexpected death less than a year ago.
His wife Allison Holker Boss posted a memorial tribute on Instagram in the morning honoring her late husband's legacy.
"We honor our beautiful, sweet, kind and loving Stephen tWitch Laurel Boss. Forever on our hearts and minds carrying us, guiding us and lifting us," the post began.
Alongside photos of her and Stephen's three children visiting his gravesite, she continued, "We feel your presence every day and will forever be grateful for the beautiful times we shared together. We feel your arms wrapping around us and holding us up on this day. Happy birthday my love @sir_twitch_alot a day we will always celebrate the gift you were and still are to this world. We love you!"
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The dancer, DJ and producer met Allison, 35, in 2010 when they appeared as all-stars on season 7 of So You Think You Can Dance. They eventually tied the knot in a ceremony in Paso Robles, California, in 2013 and shared son Maddox Maddox as well as daughters Zaia and Weslie (Allison's child from a previous relationship).
The day before Stephen's birthday, Allison shared a carousel of family photos on Instagram.
"Life lately…," she began the post. "So proud of my angels! Allowing love to stay in our hearts guiding us and leading us."
She continued, "There are some really hard moments we have had some really hard days but we lean on each other and lift each other up. We start every morning by saying .. we do the hard things! It’s our most vulnerable moments that keep us stronger together and forever! 🤍"
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After his death by suicide last December, Allison said in that statement to PEOPLE that "Stephen lit up every room he stepped into. He valued family, friends and community above all else and leading with love and light was everything to him. He was the backbone of our family, the best husband and father, and an inspiration to his fans."
She wrote personally to her husband: "Stephen, we love you, we miss you, and I will always save the last dance for you."
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Since Stephen's death, Allison has honored her husband's memory in several ways, announcing plans to release a children's book the couple wrote together — Keep Dancing Through: A Boss Family Groove — on Jan. 16, 2024 and posting a sweet Father's Day post with a photo of the family in June.
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She opened up for the first time this May about her husband's death to PEOPLE.
When thinking back on conversations around the dinner table, the dancer said her family would "have so many random conversations, and there was so much laughter," adding that their love was "so real and so loud."
"No one had any inkling that he was low. He didn't want people to know," Allison said. "He just wanted to be everyone's Superman and protector."
The mother of three also revealed that she and the kids still talk to Stephen, saying they believe he's now among the stars.
"He's guiding and he's protecting," she said. "We still feel his presence with us."
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