CNN anchor Sara Sidner and CNN correspondent Stephanie Elam tearfully mourned the death of their close friend, former MTV VJ Ananda Lewis.

Ananda Lewis, a former MTV VJ who connected a generation of music fans to their favorite celebrities in the network’s heyday, has died. She was 52.

Sara Sidner and Stephanie Elam both held back tears as they paid tribute to their late colleague and friend. CNN's Sara Sidner and Stephanie Elam are mourning the death of their friend Ananda Lewis. The two journalists paid tribute to the late MTV VJ,