MTV VJ Ananda Lewis made desperate plea in final video message to fans before her tragic death at 52
Ananda's death was announced by her sister this week
'PLEASE LEARN' MTV VJ Ananda Lewis made desperate plea in final video message to fans before her tragic death at 52
MTV VJ Ananda Lewis made a desperate plea in a final video message to her fans, before her tragic death at 52.
Yesterday, it was revealed that Ananda, the Talk show and 90s MTV host, had died after a long battle with breast cancer.
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MTV VJ Ananda Lewis made a desperate plea in a final video message to her fans, before her tragic death at 52
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The star's plea in a final video message resurfaced, which saw Ananda speaking to fans just over three months ago
Credit: Instagram/iamamandalewis
Her sister Lakshmi announced the news of the 52-year-old's death in a Facebook post.
She said: "She's free and in his heavenly arms. Lord, rest her soul."
In 2020, Ananda revealed she had been diagnosed with stage three cancer.
She said she had not been getting regular mammograms due to a fear of radiation.
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In 2024, the late TV host revealed her cancer had reached stage four after she went against medical advice and refused a double mastectomy.
Now, the star's plea in a final video message has resurfaced, which saw Ananda speaking to fans just over three months ago.
She could be seen sitting in her pyjamas on her sofa, and told fans in the caption: 'Prevention IS the cure 💕If you're in a healthy body, you're holding a winning lotto ticket. PLEASE learn how to avoid cancer. Because you still can.'
And then in the video, she can be heard discussing cancer prevention, and says: 'It doesn't matter about the bad things going on with my body right now.
'What does matter is keeping you out of this club. There are things I wish I did differently 10 years ago to prevent cancer.'
She also encouraged people to grab an issue of Essence, and said: 'You could learn something,' before saying: 'Prevention is the cure because preserving your health is way easier than fighting to get it back.'
Ananda Lewis dead aged 52: Talk show & 90s MTV host dies after breast cancer battle
Ananda rose to fame in the late 90s when she landed a role as one of MTV's VJ's where she hosted the likes of Total Request Live and Hot Zone.
In 1999, The New York Times described her as 'the hip-hop generation's reigning It Girl.'
She left MTV in 2001 to host her own talk show, The Ananda Lewis Show.
Ananda grew to be one of MTV's most popular hosts - interviewing some of Hollywood's biggest stars.
Bob Kusbit, then MTV's senior vice president for production told The New York Times: ''In the past, our talent was sometimes just pretty people who could read cue cards,''
''But when we brought Ananda to MTV, we decided we were going to do a lot more live television, and I was first and foremost interested in her ability to do live TV.''
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