CNN anchor Sara Sidner and correspondent Stephanie Elam broke down on air while sharing the final message from MTV VJ Ananda Lewis, who died Wednesday following a prolonged battle with breast cancer.

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.

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