The season 4 winner of the dance competition series reportedly died on Sept. 30. Joshua Allen, actor and So You Think You Can Dance winner, dies at 36

The season 4 winner of the dance competition series reportedly died on Sept. 30.

Joshua Allen, actor and So You Think You Can Dance winner, dies at 36

The season 4 winner of the dance competition series reportedly died on Sept. 30.

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Joshua Allen in May 2009. Credit:

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Joshua Allen, the season 4 winner of *So You Think You Can Dance*, has died. He was 36.

The dancer died Tuesday at a hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, according to a medical examiner's report reviewed by **.

A family member first revealed the news to TMZ, asking fans for "privacy and prayers," but declined to reveal the dancer's cause of death.

"One of the last things he said was to keep God first at all times," they told the outlet. "You have to be real with yourself before you can be real with anybody else."

EW has reached out to Allen's reps for further comment.

Contestant Vigil Gadson and all-star Joshua Allen on 'So You Think You Can Dance'.

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Emmanuel Hurd, a choreographer and friend of Allen, paid tribute to the late star on Instagram with a photo montage he captioned, "Can't wrap my head around this...Josh...my brotha. There are no words. You were the life of the party. You were Batman. Champion. One of the realest people I ever met. Kept it a stack every time and would make it right if you fell short. A real King."

"This one hurts deep. I know you're with Stephen now and that brings me comfort. I love you bro. IVEVER🦇👑," Hurd added, referring to the late Stephen "tWitch" Boss, who was the runner-up to Allen on *SYTYCD* in 2008.

Boss died by suicide in December 2022 at the age of 40.

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Allen was born on March 13, 1989, in Fort Worth. The dancer was only 18 years old when he won the fourth season of Fox's beloved dance competition series and took home the $250,000 cash prize. He later returned to the series as All-Stars alongside Boss.

Fresh after his victory in 2008, Allen admitted to EW, "I really wasn't that technically trained. I would just try to take classes in the summer, and when it was school time I would take class, run track, play football. I would always just train in the summer. So it was never hard training."

"It was *so* difficult a lot of times, but the main thing about performing is that you have to make it look easy," he added.

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After his *SYTYCD* win, Allen went on to appear as a featured dancer in *Step Up 3D* alongside Boss and fellow *SYTYCD* finalist Katee Shean. He also appeared in the dance comedy *Freak Dance*, on season 2 of Oxygen's *Dance Your Ass Off*, and as a featured dancer in 2011's *Footloose* remake starring Kenny Wormald, Dennis Quaid, and Julianne Hough.

Allen frequently appeared as a dancer in videos and commercials for Honda and McDonald's, and he was featured as a dancer on NBC's *Community* and in an episode of FX's *American Horror Story*.**

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