Ananda Lewis, Former MTV VJ, Dead at 52 | E! News

Ananda Lewis, Former MTV VJ, Dead at 52 | E! News

the MTV community is mourning a tragic loss Ananda Lewis a former VJ on MTV shows like Total Request Live and Hot Zone has died according to her sister Lakshmi Emory Emory wrote in a June 11th Facebook post “She’s free and in his heavenly arms Lord rest her soul.” A cause of death has not been disclosed Prior to her passing Lewis had been battling breast cancer which she first revealed in a 2020 Instagram post after receiving a diagnosis of stage three Four years later she shared that she had opted to not have a double mastctomy and had instead decided to keep my tumor and try to work it out of my body a different way Lewis said in an October 2024 interview on CNN “My plan at first was to get out excessive toxins in my body I felt like my body is intelligent I know that to be true Our bodies are brilliantly made Reflecting on her treatment path she emphasized her regret saying in the interview “I wish I could go back It’s important for me to admit where I went wrong with this.” Lewis also revealed that her tumor had metastasized and that her cancer had reached stage 4 which later prompted her to reflect on her life She wrote in an essay published in Essence in January “We’re not meant to stay here forever We come to this life have experiences and then we go.” Being real about that with yourself changes how you choose to live Ananda is survived by her 14-year-old son Langston whom she shared with Will Smith’s brother Harry Smith She was 52 years old [Music]

Ananda Lewis, a former VJ on MTV shows like Total Request Live and Hot Zone, has died, according to her sister Lakshmi Emory. She was 52.
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