{"id":3611,"date":"2023-12-18T21:01:16","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T21:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/foreverinourhearts\/?p=3611"},"modified":"2023-12-18T21:01:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T21:01:16","slug":"ellen-degeneres-remembers-stephen-twitch-boss-on-anniversary-of-his-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/foreverinourhearts\/2023\/12\/ellen-degeneres-remembers-stephen-twitch-boss-on-anniversary-of-his-death.html","title":{"rendered":"Ellen DeGeneres Remembers Stephen &#8216;tWitch&#8217; Boss on Anniversary of His Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3626\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3626\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/399\/2023\/12\/Stephen-tWitch-Boss_credit-DFree-shuterstock-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3626\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/399\/2023\/12\/Stephen-tWitch-Boss_credit-DFree-shuterstock-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DFree \/ Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One year after the tragic death of Stephen &#8216;tWitch&#8217; Boss, Ellen DeGeneres is remembering her late friend in an Instagram video. Boss, who was known for his dancing along with being the DJ and co-host of &#8220;The Ellen DeGeneres Show&#8221; was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot would on December 13th, 2022 in Los Angeles. He was 40 years old and is survived by his wife, Allison Holker, and their two children.<\/p>\n<p>DeGeneres shared memories of Boss in an Instagram video where she captioned the post, \u201cI loved that every single day after the show, we would sing and dance to some song, and then we would make each other laugh somehow. And then we would walk off, arm in arm \u2026 and I would say, \u2018I love you,\u2019 and he\u2019d say, \u2018Love you much.\u2019 And every single day, that\u2019s how we ended the show, arm in arm,\u201d she added. \u201cI miss that.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C0zCOulLOxP\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C0zCOulLOxP\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Ellen DeGeneres (@ellendegeneres)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>DeGeneres recalled filming a specific video at a resort where Boss successfully scaled a sizeble pole and balanced atop it. She said it was \u201cone of the most fun shoots\u201d they ever had, and \u201cone of the last trips\u201d they ever took. \u201cSo, his memory lives on,\u201d she added in the Instagram video. \u201cI love him so much. I miss him so much. And it\u2019s a reminder, every single day, that you just don\u2019t know what people are going through, because he was a happy guy, I thought.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boss was found dead at the Oak Tree Inn motel in Los Angeles from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. \u201cI was really close to him, and he never shared that with me,\u201d DeGeneres said. \u201cSo, that is sad, that he didn\u2019t feel like he could find a way out and share that he was struggling,\u201d she continued. \u201cBecause we all would have done anything we could to help him. I miss him every single day, but I have amazing memories of him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One year after the tragic death of Stephen &#8216;tWitch&#8217; Boss, Ellen DeGeneres is remembering her late friend in an Instagram video. 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