For anyone who grew up on after-school MTV, Ananda Lewis was the VJ with the easy laugh and serious interviewing chops. She jumped from BET’s Teen Summit to hosting Total Request Live, Hot Zone, and, ...

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Former MTV VJ and Total Request Live host Ananda Lewis died at age 52 in June 2025 following a seven-year battle with breast ...

She rose to fame on “Hot Zone” and other shows before being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2019. She said last year that her ...

Ananda Lewis, the beloved and trailblazing former Teen Summit and TRL host, died on June 11, 2025, after a brave battle with ...

Fans and loved ones are still coping with the loss of television personality Ananda Lewis, who tragically passed away at age 52 after a years-long battle with breast cancer. Lewis's sister ...

Former MTV VJ and talk show host Ananda Lewis has died at age 52. Lewis has been battling breast cancer for six years, and up ...

The former MTV veejay revealed her diagnosis of breast cancer in 2020, and said last year it had progressed to Stage 4.

Ananda Lewis, whose prominence as an MTV host made her a television star of the 1990s, died after years of living with breast cancer, her family said in a social media post Wednesday. She was 52.