Stephen “tWitch” Boss died by suicide on December 13, 2022, at the age of 40, devastating fans around the world. The beloved dancer, DJ, and television personality first rose to fame in the early 2000s as a contestant on MTV’s The Wade Robson Project and later as a runner-up on Star Search. His career reached new heights after he became a fan favorite and runner-up on So You Think You Can Dance in 2008. He later returned to the franchise as an All-Star and judge in 2018 and 2022. Beyond the dance floor, Stephen became a household name as the longtime DJ on The Ellen DeGeneres Show from 2014 to 2022 and was promoted to executive producer in 2020.
Stephen is survived by his wife, Allison Holker, and their three children. Allison confirmed his death in a heartbreaking statement at the time, calling him “the backbone of our family, the best husband and father, and an inspiration to his fans.” In the years since his passing, Allison has continued to honor his legacy publicly while navigating life as a single mother. In 2026, she made headlines again after announcing her engagement to tech executive Adam Edmunds, marking a new chapter more than three years after Stephen’s death.
Learn about their marriage and their three beautiful children below.
Allison, a contemporary dancer, competed on So You Think You Can Dance in 2006 and finished in the top eight, and as mentioned above, Stephen was a semi-finalist on the hit Fox series two years later. That same year, Allison welcomed her first and only child with her then-fiancé, a daughter named Weslie. In 2010, both Stephen and the then-mother of one were invited onto the show as all-stars to dance alongside the season’s top performers. Allison was instantly intrigued by Stephen.
“I didn’t just make one move — I made, like, 10 moves and he wasn’t seeing them, so I had to put myself out there even more,” she recalled to Dance Spirit in 2012. “From the first week of SYTYCD as All-Stars, I thought he was the cutest guy ever. His personality was so fun.”
According to Stephen, though, he and Allison met a few years prior at a party thrown by Season 2 contestant Ivan Koumaev. “We met there for the first time, but Allison doesn’t remember,” he claimed to Dance Spirit. “We met again during Season 7, but didn’t say a word to each other the whole season. So that’s why I had no idea, because she wouldn’t talk to me and I thought she wasn’t interested.” Stephen then revealed Allison caught him checking her out “in the hallway once.”
