Former MTV VJ Ananda Lewis Lifeless After Breast Most cancers Battle

Ananda Lewis, a preferred host from the MTV “veejay” period within the late ’90s … died on Wednesday after a prolonged breast most cancers battle.

The information was damaged by her sister Lakshmi on Fb, who celebrated the tip of Ananda’s struggling in an emotional submit.

Lakshmi tells TMZ Hip Hop … Ananda died from stage 4 breast most cancers at 11:35 AM on Wednesday whereas in hospice at her Los Angeles house.

Lakshmi says Ananda braved the analysis for six years and even tried out some typical/some unconventional remedies … selecting her personal path.

We’re advised her household has heard from a variety of celebs already who need to converse on how Ananda influenced their careers and dealt with her interviews so properly with them at her memorial, which will probably be in a couple of weeks.

Lakshmi additionally tells us Ananda’s son is at present graduating center college as we converse … a really bittersweet day.

In October 2024, Ananda revealed in an interview that her breast most cancers had escalated to Stage 4, after she beforehand declined to get a mastectomy for therapy.

Ananda hosted red-hot MTV applications corresponding to “TRL” and “Spring Break” earlier than happening to host her self-titled syndicated discuss present on daytime tv.

She continued to be a information correspondent for numerous broadcast networks and have become a spokesperson for the Humane Society.

Ananda was 52.