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Ananda Lewis, Former MTV VJ and Talk Show Host, Dies at 52

Ananda Lewis has died at the age of 52. She became known in the '90s as a BET host and MTV VJ before launching her own TV talk show. In 2020, she revealed she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.

The former MTV VJ's sister Lakshmi announced news of her death in a Facebook post shared on Wednesday, June 11. "She’s free, and in His heavenly arms," she wrote, alongside a series of broken heart emojis and a black and white portrait of Lewis. In an essay she published in Essence in January, Lewis emphasized that "prevention is the real cure" for cancer, and urged women to pay attention to their bodies.

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