“So You Think You Can Dance” winner Joshua Allen passed away earlier this week. He was 36.

A family member told TMZ that he was hit by a train and died in the hospital near his Texas home on Tuesday, Sept. 30. The Fort Worth Police Department in Texas confirmed to the outlet that it received a call about a person who was hit by a train. The investigation is ongoing.

Allen’s close friend and film director and choreographer, Emmanuel Hurd, described Allen as “a very honest, real person” to the outlet. He also paid tribute to Allen on Instagram.

“I can’t wrap my head around this…Josh…my brotha. There are no words. You were the life of the party,“ Hurd wrote in a post on Tuesday. ”You were Batman. Champion. One of the realest people I ever met. Kept it a stack every time and would make

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