"So You Think You Can Dance" Winner Joshua Allen&x27;s Death Ruled a Suicide People StaffFri, March 20, 2026 at 3:53 PM UTC 3 Joshua Allen appears at SupperClub Los Angeles on Feb. 15, 2011Credit: Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic So You Think You Can Dance winner Joshua Allen's death has officially been ruled a suicide The dancer's family previously announced that he died after he was hit by a train on Tuesday, Sept. 30 Friends have remembered him as "one of the realest people" So You Think You Can Dance winner Joshua Allen's death has officially been ruled a suicide.
"So You Think You Can Dance" Winner Joshua Allen's Death Ruled a Suicide
People StaffFri, March 20, 2026 at 3:53 PM UTC
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Joshua Allen appears at SupperClub Los Angeles on Feb. 15, 2011Credit: Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic -
So You Think You Can Dance winner Joshua Allen's death has officially been ruled a suicide
The dancer's family previously announced that he died after he was hit by a train on Tuesday, Sept. 30
Friends have remembered him as "one of the realest people"
So You Think You Can Dance winner Joshua Allen's death has officially been ruled a suicide.
The 36-year-old dancer died on Sept. 30, 2025, 17 years after he won season 4 of the competition series. A rep for Allen confirmed news of his death to PEOPLE last year.
Allen's manner of death has been ruled a suicide with a cause of death listed as "blunt force injuries," per the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office in Texas. TMZ was the first to report.
Shortly after news broke of Allen's death, a family member told TMZ that he died after being hit by a train before being hospitalized. The family was asking for "privacy and prayers" from fans at the time, per the outlet.
Joshua Allen in 2009Credit: Chelsea Lauren/WireImage
Allen, who was from Fort Worth, Texas, won his season of SYTYCD when he was 18. He went on to star in 2010's Step Up 3D, the 2011 Footloose remake and an episode of American Horror Story in 2011.
On Friday, March 13, Allen's friend and choreographer Comfort Fedoke remembered Allen on what would have been his 37th birthday. "I still find myself in disbelief that you're no longer here," she wrote. "A select few people could truly understand the pain and disbelief I feel all the time. We've known each other since we were 14, and we shared something that no one could ever take away from us."
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Fedoke added, "Being part of something as life-changing as So You Think You Can Dance brought pressures that only a handful of people will ever truly understand. I wish I had more time. I wish I hadn't assumed there would always be more time to catch up, to talk, speak more about the struggles, reconcile. Realizing that time is gone has left a forever knot in my stomach. This s--- is truly unbelievable. Wishing you a heavenly birthday."
Emmanuel Hurd, a choreographer and friend of the dancer, wrote on Instagram after his death, "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 wrote, referencing Stephen "tWitch" Boss, who died by suicide at age 40 in December 2022. Boss was the runnerup to Allen during their season before the pair returned as All-Stars.
In 2017, Allen was sentenced to one year in county jail after pleading no contest to domestic violence. Los Angeles Daily News reported at the time that he was also sentenced to five years of formal probation and 52 weeks of domestic violence counseling.
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