Janice R. Andrews
Alisyn Camerota, a CNN host, broke the sad news that her husband Tim Lewis had died after a two-year fight with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. They would have been married for 23 years this year, but Lewis died on July 27. He was 58 years old.
In a moving Instagram post on September 20, Camerota talked about her sadness and thought about how strong and funny Lewis was when he found out he had cancer. “I can’t think of another person who would have dealt with a terrible diagnosis with more humour, humility, and bravery than Tim,” she wrote. She talked about how great he was as a husband, but also as a great dad and example for their three kids: twin girls Ale and Cessa, and a son named Nate.
Camerota said that she and the kids are still getting used to moving on after this terrible loss. “Tim gave us a lot of strength and stability, and we’re going to do our best to copy those traits,” she said.
In her homage, she also talked about how Lewis spent his whole life giving back to the community. He set up the Tim Lewis Foundation to Fight Cancer to honour his memory and help families going through similar problems. Sharing a link to the CharityVest event, she asked people to think about giving to the charity.
“We would have been married for 23 years this month.” Camerota added, “I feel so lucky to have had such a deep, committed, loving relationship for as long as we did.” She was talking about their wedding in September 2001.
Tim Lewis went to Yale University and Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He worked well as a business consultant and in private equity for companies like The Keystone Group and Southfield Capital.
Camerota ended her post by thanking everyone who had helped her through this tough time and saying that she planned to go back to work in a few weeks. “Thank you all for your letters, love, trays of lasagna, and many other nice things you have done for me. “Thank you,” she wrote.
A lot of people have been affected by this sad news, which shows how hard it is for families who have a cancer patient and how important it is for communities to help each other.
