US Politics | Neema Roshania Patel dead at 35 – Washington Post editor loses battle with gastric cancer
NEEMA Roshania Patel, a former editor of The Washington Post news website The Lily, has died at 35. Roshania Patel, who most recently joined The Next Generation team as an editor, died from gastric cancer at a hospital in Washington, D.C. on Monday, her husband said. 
HandoutNeema Roshania Patel, a former editor of The Washington Post news website The Lily, has died '/ ' 
TwitterRoshania Patel died of gastric cancer '/ ' Gastric cancer is a disease in which cancer cells form in the stomach lining. Roshania Patel joined The Post in 2016 as a digital editor following several years of print, online and broadcast journalism. She helped build and launch The Lily \- a website focused on assisting millennial women in growing \- in June 2017. Roshania Patel also helped grow the brand through newsletters and its social media presence on Twitter and Instagram. Read more in The U.S. Sun 
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HandoutNeema Roshania Patel, a former editor of The Washington Post news website The Lily, has died '/ ' TwitterRoshania Patel died of gastric cancer '/ ' Gastric cancer is a disease in which cancer cells form in the stomach lining. Roshania Patel joined The Post in 2016 as a digital editor following several years of print, online and broadcast journalism. She helped build and launch The Lily \- a website focused on assisting millennial women in growing \- in June 2017. Roshania Patel also helped grow the brand through newsletters and its social media presence on Twitter and Instagram. Read more in The U.S. Sun MEDICINE AND MURDER How serial killer nurse got away with murdering 'hundreds' for 16 years HERO TEACHER St Louis high school teacher died protecting kids from mass shooter On the podcast Motherly, Roshania Patel called The Lily "a stopping place on the internet where we could bring together the best stories on women and gender." Amy King, The Lily's founding editor-in-chief and an editor at The Los Angeles Times now, was gutted by the news of Roshania Petal's death, saying the world lost a gem. ...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.... Most read in The US Sun VLAD'S BARRAGE Putin oversees 'nuke strike on West' during 'Operation Thunder' WW3 drills TOO TRAGIC Teen Mom fans sob as Gary Shirley's wife bawls over Amber Portwood custody loss 'SCARED I WAS NEXT' Foul-mouthed haunting confession of Kristin Smart's killer revealed WASH TRAGEDY 'World's dirtiest man' dies just months after taking first shower in 67 YEARS CASHING IN Direct payments worth up to $1,050 will start going out to millions in days NO MORE Kanye 'loses billionaire status' after being dropped for antisemitic remarks Axios reporter Chelsea Cirruzzo shared: ...Devastating news. Neema was an absolutely delightful, thoughtful person and I was always so thankful to work with her as a freelancer. ...She had a knack for raising up young people and it showed. cancer sucks. thinking of her family and her colleagues.... Patel's Washington Post colleague, Aviva Loeb, wrote: ...I sat across from Neema for three years. Without fail, every day she made a point to say hello and ask how I was doing. ...She helped me pursue passion projects on the Lily and supported all of my ideas. Read More on The US Sun DECISION TIME Serena Williams' stepmom's bid to save childhood home to be decided in days JUSTICE AT LAST Parade killer found guilty of murder of 6 after crashing car into crowd Above all else, she was so kind. I am gutted.... Roshania Patel is survived by her husband, Akshar Patel, her son, Abhiraj, her parents, Prabhu Roshania and Mira Roshania, and sister, Reshma Roshania.
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