‘So You Assume You Can Dance’
Season 4 Winner Joshua Allen Useless at 36
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Joshua Allen — the winner of “So You Think You Can Dance” Season 4 — has died.
A member of the family tells TMZ he died on Sept. 30 however declined to share how he handed. The member of the family asks followers for “privacy and prayers.”
His years-long buddy within the dance group, Emmanuel Hurd, tells TMZ he’s shocked by his loss of life and remembers him as “a very honest, real person” who would inform you his personal flaws.
He goes on … “He didn’t always do things the way that everybody thought he should, but that’s why he was a winner.”
Joshua rose to fame in 2008 when he received ‘SYTYCD’. After his large win, he revealed to Entertainment Weekly he by no means had technical dance coaching as a child, however would “try to take classes” throughout summer season breaks from faculty. As soon as he made it by way of a number of auditions for the present, he stated he signed up for all of the dance courses he may to broaden his data.
He additionally revealed his large desires on the time, saying he hoped to grow to be a recording artist, but in addition choreograph and personal a studio and firm … and ultimately personal a file label and be a producer.
He did discover himself in some authorized bother in 2016 when he was charged with home violence in Los Angeles. He in the end acquired a 12 months in jail plus probation in 2017, Deadline reported.
Joshua was 36.
RIP.