Former MTV VJ and talk show host Ananda Lewis has died at age 52 after a six-year battle with breast cancer. She previously revealed she had declined recommended medical treatments for her diagnosis.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ananda Lewis, the former MTV and BET host who became a beloved television personality in the 1990s with her warmth and authenticity, has died. She was 52. Her sister, Lakshmi ...

Ananda Lewis, a fixture on MTV in the 90s, has died after a battle with breast cancer, family members announced Wednesday, June 11 on Facebook. She was 52. A Howard University graduate, Lewis got ...

We lost a giant this week with Ananda Lewis. Lewis, known for her role as a host on Total Request Live, The Ananda Lewis Show and BET’s Teen Summit, had a voice that was as special as it was ...

“Ananda Lewis was really a media blueprint in so many ways— on-air correspondent, host, model, activist. She was the informed It Girl of her era. Such an inspiration,” one user tweeted.

Ananda Lewis has died at the age of 52. The former MTV VJ's sister, Lakshmi, announced news of her death in a Facebook post shared on Wednesday, June 11.

Ananda Lewis, the former MTV and BET host who became a beloved television personality in the 1990s with her warmth and authenticity, has died. Lewis had been battling breast cancer. Lewis, a San ...

Ananda Lewis, the former MTV and BET host who became a beloved television personality in the 1990s with her warmth and authenticity, has died. She was 52.