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    Ananda Lewis Wished She Had Taken Action for Breast Cancer Sooner

    June 12, 2025

    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 until the end had regrets that she didn't take action sooner. Inside Edition spoke to Lewis last October. By the time Lewis' cancer was found, it was already stage three. Lewis leaves behind a 14-year-old son she shared with Harry Smith, the brother of actor Will Smith. In her last Instagram post in January, she warned all women not to make the same mistakes she made.

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