Ayesha Faines was a respected journalist and former television reporter she is dead in New Jersey.
The cause of death was not released. News4Jax, where she previously worked, confirmed her death, saying that it was unexpected and occurred on Friday, July 2, 2021. Her full name was Ayesha K. Faines.
In addition to WJXT4 News4Jax, where she worked in 2008, she worked at My9TV/FOX in New York City and was a panelist on a web show called “The Grapevine Show,” the television station reported.
Age
She was 35 years old.
Ayesha Faine Died
According to online records, Faines was living in New Jersey. Sources contacted the medical examiner’s office in the county where she lived. She lived in South Orange, New Jersey.
“I can confirm that she did pass away in Essex County,” the woman who answered the phone at the Essex County Medical Examiner’s Office said, but she wouldn’t release the cause of death or any other details. Heavy.com also submitted a request for the cause of death through the New Jersey Health Department.
Career
She was the panelist of the millennial web series titled The Grapevine Show. She was also a founder of the “Women Love Power”. She even engaged to the various panels including The Michael Baisden Radio Show, Afropunk, Entertainment Tonight, Essence, MTV, and Hot 97.
Tributes
News4Jax anchor Melanie Lawson described Faines in a tribute as intelligent and “mature beyond her years.”
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“Ayesha was such a bright light,” Lawson said in the television station’s report.
“She was so young when she came to News4Jax but very intelligent and mature beyond her years. When she spoke it was like listening to poetry. I was always so proud of her accomplishments after she left the station. Ayesha was also a fierce supporter of women. She never said a disparaging word about any woman so I wasn’t surprised to see her use her voice for women’s rights. She was a wonderful friend and journalist. This news is just devastating. My heart is broken for her family. I know she meant the world to them. I’ll never forget how her father lit up when he talked about his baby girl. I can’t imagine the pain they feel.”
According to BET, Faines was a graduate of Yale University who was also a “competitive salsa dancer.” She wrote on Facebook that she studied near and Middle Eastern studies at Yale. Her last post on Facebook came on June 28 and was a share of this BBC story.
She wrote on Twitter on June 28, one of her last tweets, “Our lives are shaped by expectations so expect the world is, just stay away from folks who don’t believe you deserve it.”
