Stephen 'tWitch' Boss' Family Holds Private Funeral Following Star's Heartbreaking Death
A larger celebration of life ceremony honoring the beloved dancer and DJ is reportedly planned for the near future.
Stephen "tWitch" Boss is officially being laid to rest following his sudden death at age 40, new reports reveal.
The service comes three weeks after the So You Think You Can Dance alum tragically passed away in a Los Angeles motel room less than a mile from his family's home.
Multiple outlets, including People, confirmed on Wednesday that Boss' family is holding a small, private funeral service in Los Angeles for those closest to him to bid goodbye to the late dancer and DJ.
According to TMZ, a larger celebration of life ceremony is also expected to come in the near future, where more friends and family will be able to memorialize the late Ellen show star.
Boss was a loving husband to wife Allison Holker and a doting father to their three children: Weslie, 14, Maddox, 6, and Zaia, 3. Following initial reports of his death, Holker confirmed the tragic news with a statement about her late husband, who she said: "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," Holker said at the time. "He was the backbone of our family, the best husband and father, and an inspiration to his fans."
"To say he left a legacy would be an understatement and his positive impact will continue to be felt. I am certain there won't be a day that goes by that we won't honor his memory," Holker, 34, added.
She concluded the emotional message, writing, "Stephen, we love you, we miss you and I will always save the last dance for you."
Fans and fellow celebrities alike have since shared their own tributes to mourn the late media personality, including Ellen DeGeneres, who first welcomed Boss to her show as a guest DJ in 2014 before he would go on to become the show's permanent DJ and eventually, co-executive producer.
"Everyone is in pain and trying to make sense of it, and we'll never make sense of it," the comedian said in part at the time. "To honor tWitch, I think the best thing that we can do is to laugh, hug each other, play games, and dance and sing. That's the way we honor him, is we do the things that he loved to do, which is dancing."
Parade has also gathered a list of celebrity tributes to tWitch, where you can read emotional messages from Ciara, Paula Abdul, Michelle Obama, and many more.
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