Don Lemon is an American journalist and the host of CNN’s Don Lemon Tonight.

Don Lemon previously worked as a news journalist on Nightly News for shows such as Today and NBC Nightly News.

Don Lemon was named one of the most powerful members of the LGBTQI+ community in the United States.

Don Lemon also received the Edward R. Murrow Award for his outstanding journalism during Hurricane Katrina coverage.

Meet Don Lemon siblings, Leisa Lemon and Yma Lemon

Leisa Lemon and Yma Lemon were Don Lemon’s two sister siblings. Leisa Lemon died on January 31, 2018, in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, of natural causes.

Leisa Lemon drowned in a pond when she was 58 years old. She tripped and fell into the pond while fishing, it was revealed.

Yma Lemon is not well-known, and most people only know her as the sister of CNN journalist Don Lemon.

What happened to Leisa Lemon?

In 2018, Don Lemon’s older sister, Leisa Lemon, died unexpectedly in Louisiana, causing a devastating family tragedy.

She was fishing in a neighborhood pond in Denham Springs, Louisiana when she slipped in and drowned.

She was 58 years old at the time.