Old MTV VJ Dave Holmes Forever admire the heart and talent of Ananda Lewis.
“See Ananda wanted to register with your freshest and smart friend,” Holmes shared 54 years old Use weekly On Thursday, June 12: “If you knew her in real life, what you had seen was what you had. Fun, promoted, curious, impossible and beautiful, crazy, well connected without losing their blow to make everyone feel like being the most important person in the room.”
Ananda’s sister, Lakshmi Lewisannounced the news of the Death of the host Through social networks on Wednesday, June 11. He was 52 years old.
“It’s free and in its heavenly arms,” Lakshmi write through Facebook. “Lord, rests his soul.”
Although his official death cause was not revealed, Ananda previously shared his breast cancer journey in a Rehearsal for Essence This was published in January.
According to Holmes, the news of Ananda’s death pushed many former colleagues to remember the positive memories they shared while working together on MTV.

Ananda Lewis
Pictures by David Livingston/Getty“The MTV crew of Ananda Lewis’s time – the few you saw on the camera and many more behind, was a family, and today we all contact her and we share her again so that I know she would love,” Holmes shared with Holmes. Us. “It was a trillion and everyone loved her and they will all say the same thing: You didn’t wrong. Ananda Lewis was really your most fun and smart friend.”
Ananda was host in various MTV shows in the late 1990’s and early Total Live Request and Hot area.
Interviewed countless music stars like Britney SpearsSon of fate and Brandy Before separating -Sers from MTV in 2001 to host his own talks program, Ananda Lewis Show.
For Holmes, who is now publisher at Skiwas the MTV’s first runner -up Wanna Be a vj Contest in 1998. It remained with the network until 2002.
More than twenty years after becoming co -workers, Holmes is filled with countless positive memories working with Ananda.
“If you were working with her, you knew you would have fun and want to take a step to combine her charisma effortlessly,” he wrote through Instagram On Wednesday. “You couldn’t, but the attempt improved … all my love for his family.”
With reports from Erin Strecker