While in Qatar, Grant had extensively covered the issue of migrant deaths at the FIFA World Cup, and earlier in the tournament was detained for wearing a rainbow shirt into a match. Though the cause of death was initially unknown, his brother Eric Wahl suspected foul play. Netherlands match during the FIFA World Cup in Qatar on Dec. Soccer journalist Grant Wahl collapsed while attending the Argentina vs. I'm going to be sharing some of my favorite moments with him. 'Right now what I want to do is remember all the love and laughter I had with tWitch,' the comedian posted on her Instagram page. He was the backbone of our family, the best husband and father, and an inspiration to his fans.'Įllen Degeneres, who had remained friends with Boss since he taught her a routine for the season 8 premiere of The Ellen Degeneres Show, also paid her respects on social media. He valued family, friends and community above all else and leading with love and light was everything to him.

'Stephen lit up every room he stepped into. 'It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to share my husband Stephen has left us,' Holker Boss confirmed to PEOPLE. hotel where they found the beloved dancer dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Shortly thereafter, paramedics received a phone call from an L.A. 14.Īccording to TMZ, tWitch's wife, Allison Holker Boss, ran into an LAPD station distraught because her husband left their home without a car and had been unreachable. We had sleepovers at her house, with treasure hunts that she created.'įormer Ellen Show DJ and So You Think You Can Dance alum, Stephen 'tWitch' Boss died by suicide the morning of Dec. She loved kids and my kids loved her too. We became friends almost instantly when she joined the cast of Cheers. 'Kirstie was a unique and wonderful person and friend,' Pelman said in her statement. Her ability to play a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown was both moving and hysterically funny.'įor his part, Grammer kept his tribute short and sweet telling PEOPLE, 'I always believed grief for a public figure is a private matter, but I will say I loved her.' It was the episode where Tom Berenger proposes to Kirstie, who keeps saying no, even though she desperately wants to say yes,' the actor revealed. 'I was on a plane today and did something I rarely do,' Danson said in a statement to PEOPLE. 'As iconic as she was on screen, she was an even more amazing mother and grandmother.'įormer Cheers costars Ted Danson, Kelsey Grammer and Rhea Perlman all paid tribute to the Emmy and Golden Globe award winning actress. 'She was surrounded by her closest family and fought with great strength, leaving us with a certainty of her never-ending joy of living and whatever adventures lie ahead,' they continued.

'We are sad to inform you that our incredible, fierce and loving mother has passed away after a battle with cancer, only recently discovered,' Alley's children True and Lillie confirmed to PEOPLE. Cheers and Drop Dead Gorgeous star Kirstie Alley succumbed to colon cancer on Dec.

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