Joshua Allen, a dancer who is best known for winning So You Think You Can Dance Season 4, passed away on Sept. 30 at the age of 36.

Although a member of Allen’s family confirmed the news to TMZ, they did not reveal his cause of death. They simply asked fans for “privacy and prayers.”

Dancer and longtime friend of Allen’s, Emmanuel Hurd, told the media outlet that he was “shocked” by the passing of the late dancer. Hurd remembers Allen as being a “very honest, real person” who would share his own flaws with others.

“He didn’t do anything the way that everybody thought he should,” Hurd explained. “But that’s why he was a winner.”

Hurd also took to Instagram to pay tribute to Allen. “I can’t wrap my head around this…Josh…my brotha,” he wrote. “There are no words. You were the life of the

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