TV star Joshua Allen has died aged 36

Awful news.

Allen, who was a professional dancer and won season four of So You Think You Can Dance, was just 36.

A family member confirmed his death to TMZ, though declined to comment any further.

They did however ask for 'privacy and prayers'.

A friend of the late dancer, Emmanuel Hurd, told TMZ that Allen was a 'very honest, real person'.

They said: "He didn’t always do things the way that everybody thought he should, but that’s why he was a winner."

Allen won So You Think You Can Dance back in 2008 and earned the cash prize of $250,000.

After his win, Allen admitted he had no technical dancing training but worked on things before his audition.

He told Entertainment Weekly: "I took a few modern dance classes, ballet classes, because I felt that to be a better dancer I would have to take different classes, and expand my horizons in the art of dance.

"I didn’t want to audition for the show not knowing anything."

Heartbreaking news.