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Country Stars Respond to Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss’ Sudden Death

Country music stars Jimmie Allen, Lady A’s Charles Kelley, and Carly Pearce reacted to the sudden death of Stephen “tWitch” Boss’ yesterday (12/14) at age 40. Jimmie Allen was the…

Country Stars Respond to Stephen 'tWitch' Boss' Sudden Death
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Country music stars Jimmie Allen, Lady A's Charles Kelley, and Carly Pearce reacted to the sudden death of Stephen "tWitch" Boss' yesterday (12/14) at age 40.

Jimmie Allen was the first country star to react, and he did so on Twitter. He wrote along with a video of "tWitch" sending a video message to Allen after receiving a cowboy hat, "Stephen (Twitch) my brother, one the best people I've ever gotten to know. I gonna miss the laughs, the jokes, the honest conversations, and these random videos. We are gonna miss you. Thank you for your light. Praying for Allison and the children. This hurts."

Allen quickly followed it up with another post on Twitter. He wrote, "DAMMIT!!!! I can NOT!!! do this today!!!!!! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE check on your family and friends. People are struggling.
I'll catch y'all another day. (peace emoji) Love & Light. Rest Easy, Twitch."

Carly Pearce also posted a photo and a link to the People story of tWitch's death. She wrote over the image her Insta stories, "You never know the struggles of someone (heartbroken emoji)."

Lady A's Charles Kelley also posted to his Insta stories, "So sad to hear about Twitch passing. He was such a kind and talented individual any time we talked on the Ellen show."

As we reported yesterday (12/14), law enforcement officials say Stephen's wife, Allison Holker, went to LAPD Tuesday (Dec. 13) because she said Stephen had left home without his car, which wasn't something he'd normally do. According to TMZ, shortly after Holker's report, police got a call for a shooting at an L.A. hotel, and they found Stephen there, dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255) or text Crisis Text Line at 741741.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.