Former MTV VJ Ananda Lewis Useless After Breast Most cancers Battle

Ananda Lewis, a well-liked 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 publish.

Lakshmi tells TMZ Hip Hop that she died at 11:35am right now in hospice in L.A. at house from stage 4 breast most cancers.

Lakshmi says Ananda braved the prognosis for six years and even tried out some standard/some unconventional therapies … selecting her personal path.

She’s anticipating a number of celebs wanting to talk on how Ananda influenced their careers and dealt with her interviews so properly with them at her memorial, which will probably be in just a few weeks.

Lakshmi additionally tells us Ananda’s son is presently graduating center college as we converse … a very 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 remedy.

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

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

Ananda was 52.