Neema Roshania Patel dead at 35, Cause of Death

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NEEMA The Washington Post news website The Lily’s former editor Roshania Patel passed away at the age of 35.

Roshania Patel, an editor who most recently joined The Next Generation, passed away on Monday from gastric cancer, according to her husband. She passed away in a hospital in Washington, D.C.

Cancerous cells can develop in the stomach lining in the case of gastric cancer.

After working in print, online, and broadcast journalism for several years, Roshania Patel became a digital editor for The Post in 2016.

In June 2017, she participated in the development and launch of The Lily, a website dedicated to empowering millennial women.

Through newsletters and the brand’s social media presence on Twitter and Instagram, Roshania Patel also contributed to the brand’s growth.

Roshania Patel described The Lily as “a halting spot on the internet where we could gather together the best stories on women and gender” on the Motherly podcast.

The Los Angeles Times editor Amy King, who served as the founding editor-in-chief of The Lily, expressed her shock at learning of Roshania Petal’s passing and claimed that the world had lost a treasure.

“Out of the two of us, Neema was always the one who did the tweeting, but here goes: We lost a gem. Our sun. We are all heartbroken,” King tweeted.

“Making something beautiful and important for the communities we hope to create and amplify as journalists has to start with creating a beautiful community internally, and that was what made Neema and Team Lily special. Neema loved her team and we loved her.”

Devastating news, reported Chelsea Cirruzzo of Axios. I was always grateful to collaborate with Neema as a freelancer because she was such a pleasant, considerate individual.