Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss left suicide note, phone set to airplane mode

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[{"selector":"#anim-1c825919-73a1-46de-8fd4-15e413dfa806","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-708347c8-3e88-4ef1-8212-31ec3e8541cb","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(115.28663%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f374e781-92e3-4a02-9022-716a93e37c38 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(14.481919098701011%, 19.197678709043878%) scale(1.3875968992248062)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":5000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Stephen “tWitch” Boss left a suicide note that vaguely alluded to old challenges he faced before his death in a California motel this week, according to a report.

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“For me, it just helps to know that it keeps going — it does, no matter what — even if something seems very devastating like there’s some kind of force that’s going to keep going and it’s there for you to naturally access.”

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“Sometimes, I’m faced to make a choice that is the best possible choice I can make at that given moment. Now, will it be the perfect choice? No. Will it cause me to fall? Maybe, and if so, you’ve got to get back up really, really quick and pick up the lesson of whatever that is and then keep it moving because that’s kind of what life does.”

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Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss celebrated 9 years with wife days before death

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