Ananda Lewis, a former MTV veejay during the late Nineties and who shared her breast cancer journey with fans, died on Wednesday at the age of 52.

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.

Ananda Lewis, a fixture on MTV in the 90s, has died after a battle with breast cancer, family members announced Wednesday, June 11 on Facebook. She was 52. A Howard University graduate, Lewis got her big break when she auditioned for an on-screen job hosting "Teen Summit" on BET in DC,