Former MTV Personality Ananda Lewis Dies at 52 After Battling Breast Cancer

The television personality announced her diagnosis in October 2020.
Former MTV Personality Ananda Lewis Dies at 52 After Battling Breast Cancer
Actress Ananda Lewis arrives to the 11th annual PRISM Awards at the Beverly Hills Hotel April 24, 2007 in Beverly Hills, California. Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images
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Ananda Lewis, a former television personality who found fame in the late 1990s as a VJ on MTV, has died at the age of 52 after battling breast cancer for more than six years.

Lewis’s sister, Lakshmi Emory, announced the death in a Facebook post on June 11, writing: “She’s free, and in His heavenly arms. Lord, rest her soul.”