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Harry Smith shared 14-year-old Langston with Ananda Lewis, who passed away in June after a years-long battle with breast cancer.
Harry Lewis, the father of Ananda Lewis' 14-year-old son Langston, called Lewis "the most attentive and loving mother" on ...
Ananda Lewis should still be alive. She had access. She had options. What she didn’t have was trust in the system that could ...
As a Black female voice in media, Ananda Lewis’s impact broke many invisible barriers, challenging stereotypes and paving the way for the generation that followed.
Ananda Lewis was more than a media icon—she was a mirror, a mentor, and a movement. Black women reflect on her lasting impact ...
Let us not be reductive in our memory of Ananda Lewis. Black women already endure more of this than we deserve.
Could Ananda Lewis’ death have been prevented? Lewis spent her career helping people tell their stories authentically. In her final months, she did the same for herself, writing honestly about ...
Ananda Lewis, a television icon from BET’s "Teen Summit" and MTV’s "TRL," dies at 52 after battling stage IV breast cancer. Fans and stars honor her legacy.
Ananda's sister, Lakshmi Lewis, announced the sad news ... he has his own production company called Smith Global Media, ... Ananda looked back on Langston's initial reaction to her breast cancer ...
“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.
Former MTV VJ Ananda Lewis, who hosted 'Total Request Live' and went on to have her own talk show, has died at 52.