Death announced of 90's MTV star Ananda Lewis
1990s MTV star Ananda Lewis best known for MTV shows: Total Request, MTV Live, and Hot Zone has died aged 52 after battling breast cancer.
The New York Times declared her to be "the hip-hop generation's reigning It Girl" in 1999.
Lewis host her own talk show The Ananda Lewis Show in 2001.
MTV released a statement saying: "We're saddened to learn of the passing of beloved MTV VJ, Ananda Lewis. Through her on-air hosting and interviews, Ananda helped raise a generation of music fans. Our thoughts are with her family & loved ones."
Ananda posted on Instagram in 2020 urging people to go to mammogram screening stating that she had not done so. She had been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2019 after finding a lump the size of a pea.
She is survived by her husband Henry Smith ( brother of Will) and son Langston, who was born in 2011.
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