Ananda Lewis Dead: MTV -Host was 52
Ananda Lewis, one of the first video jockeys of MTV and a former host of “Total Request Live”, “Hot Zone” and “The Ananda Lewis Show” died of breast cancer on Wednesday. She was 52.
Her sister, Lakshmi Emoryreported her death. TMZ reported that Lewis died in her house in Los Angeles on Wednesday morning.
Lewis revealed in 2020 that the diagnosis of Stadium III breast cancer was established on her Instagram account, where she spoke about not getting regular mammograms because of her fear of radiation. In a round table discussion with CNN in 2024, Lewis confirmed that she had no double breast amputation after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She revealed that the tumor had spread and that the cancer had been advanced to stage IV.
After he was hired by MTV in 1997 as one of the new VJs, Lewis became the host of shows as “Total Request Live” and “Hot Zone”, where she interviewed emerging and established talents for the network. In 2001 she became the host of her own talk show, “The Ananda Lewis Show”, which ran from 2001 to 2002. She later joined the spin -off of entertainment tonight “The Insider” as a correspondent from 2004 to 2005. After taking a break from the industry to test Tlewis, Lewis returned Lewis back ‘returned Lewis back’ returned Lewis back for the Tlewis’ Ret. was. “
Lewis was born in Los Angeles in 1973 and moved to San Diego shortly after her parents were divorced where she lived with her sister, mother and grandmother. After graduating at Howard University in 1995, Lewis started her career as hosts Teen Summit, a talk show that was organized by teenagers. After he had worked with Bet, Lewis was noticed by MTV and was hired in August 1997. Shortly after moving to New York, Lewis became one of the most important VJs for MTV, with shows such as “Total Request Live”, a Daily Top ten Music Video Countdown Show. Lewis became one of the interviewers for ‘Hot Zone’, a series aimed at emphasizing music videos and exclusive interviews with musicians.
Lewis left MTV in 2001 to pursue her own talk show ‘The Ananda Lewis Show’, which was broadcast on television from 2001 to 2002. In 2004, Lewis joined the cast and crew of ‘The Insider’, a nocturnal program that served as a spider -off for ‘Entertainment Tonight’, where she was a host. After leaving ‘the insider’, Lewis became a carpenter and a contractor. In 2019 she became the host of ‘While You Were Out’, a TLC reality series.
She is survived by her son, Langston.
