His final Instagram post came in July as he honored the late “Cosby Show” actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who died at age 54 after drowning while on a family vacation in Costa Rica. “Fly high King,” Allen wrote alongside a photo of him and Warner.

Born in Fort Worth, TX, Allen was announced winner of the fourth season of So You Can Think You Can Dance on the August 7, 2008 show, winning $250,000. He was crowned the champion over late runner-up Stephen “tWtich” Boss, the longtime Ellen DeGeneres Show DJ, who died by suicide at age 40 in December 2022.