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Netflix’s Bling Empire: New York star Lynn Ban has died after a tragic ski accident. The jewelry designer famous for her unique style of combining precious stones and oxidized metals has worked with world-renowned celebrities like Katy Perry, Rihanna, Beyonce, and Lady Gaga for years.

Bling Empire: New York star Lynn Ban | Credits: Instagram / @lynn_ban

The accident happened in Aspen, Colorado where Lynne Ban and her family were on a ski trip to celebrate Christmas and the new year together. Unfortunately, their vacation turned into a nightmare when the designer had to be hospitalized following the accident.

Her son Sebastian recently confirmed her death through a post via her Instagram account, and many celebrities have come forward to pay their respects since then.

Bling Empire: New York star Lynn Ban passed away at 52 following a ski accident

The news of the accident was shared by Lynn Ban...

Lynn Ban, the Singaporean jewelry designer and star of Bling Empire: New York who suffered brain and head injuries in a skiing accident just before Christmas, died Monday apparently as a result of that incident. She was 51.

“My mum passed away on Monday,” Ban’s son Sebastian announced on Instagram this morning. “I know she wanted to share her journey after her accident and brain surgery, so I thought she would appreciate one last post sharing the news to people who supported her.” (See the post below.)

Lynn Ban, the owner of Lynn Ban Jewelry whose designs have been worn by celebrities including Beyoncé, had disclosed her accident in a December 30 Instagram message. It was accompanied by a photo of the designer with a partially shaved head and an incision from the emergency craniotomy she underwent on Christmas Eve.

In her Instagram post, the Singaporean jewelry designer revealed that she...

Lynn Ban, jewelry designer and cast member of Netflix’s Bling Empire: New York, died on Jan. 20, at the age of 51.

Ban’s son Sebastian confirmed the news on Instagram. In late December, Lynn Ban posted on Instagram that she underwent emergency brain surgery after a near-fatal skiing accident.

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Lynn Ban has died. The star of Netflix‘s Bling Empire: New York was 51 years old. Ban’s death resulted from complications following a skiing accident and subsequent brain surgery she went under over the 2024 holiday season. As we previously reported, Ban suffered a fall while on a family trip in Aspen on December 24th. On Instagram at the time, Ban had written, “At the top of the mountain I caught a tip and face planted. Luckily I always wear a helmet. It didn’t seem that bad at the time and I was able to ski to the bottom. Erring on the side of caution, I wanted to get checked out by ski patrol for a concussion. They assessed me and I was cleared.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by ＬＹＮＮ ＢＡＮ (@lynn_ban) An ongoing headache and advice from a paramedic eventually led Ban...

Lynn Ban, jewelry designer and star of Netflix’s Bling Empire, has died. She was 51.

Ban’s son, Sebastian, posted to his mother’s Instagram Wednesday to share that she had died earlier this week following a skiing accident and emergency brain surgery in late December.

“My mum passed away on Monday,” he wrote. “I know she wanted to share her journey after her accident and brain surgery, so I thought she would appreciate one last post sharing the news to people who supported her.

“She was the funniest and coolest mum I could ever ask for,” he continued, with a picture of the pair together when he was young. “She took care of me, my dad, and our entire family throughout her whole life… As a final message to my mum, I would just like to say that I will miss you forever and to end in something she...

Lynn Ban, star of Netflix’s “Bling Empire: New York,” has died after undergoing brain surgery following a skiing accident on Christmas Eve. She was 51.

Her son, Sebastian, confirmed her Monday death in a touching Instagram tribute on Wednesday.

“My mum passed away on Monday. I know she wanted to share her journey after her accident and brain surgery, so I thought she would appreciate one last post sharing the news to people who supported her,” he wrote. “Many of you followed my mum but never got the chance to know her or meet her in person. I would like to take the chance to share who my mum really was.”

“She was and always will be my best friend, the best mother to me, and someone who cared for all. She always had a smile on her face even when times were tough during her recovery process. She was...

Lynn Ban, a jewelry designer and cast member of Netflix’s “Bling Empire: New York,” died Monday after a skiing accident and brain surgery in late December, her son announced. She was 52.

“My mum passed away on Monday,” Ban’s son Sebastian wrote on her Instagram account Wednesday. “I know she wanted to share her journey after her accident and brain surgery, so I thought she would appreciate one last post sharing the news to people who supported her. Many of you followed my mum but never got the chance to know her or meet her in person. I would like to take the chance to share who my mum really was. She was and always will be my best friend, the best mother to me, and someone who cared for all.”

On Dec. 30, Ban revealed that she had an emergency craniotomy after a skiing accident in Aspen during a family vacation.

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We have some tragic news to report from the world of reality TV.

Lynn Ban — one of the stars of the Netflix reality show Bling Empire: New York — has passed away.

She was just 52 years old.

Lynn Ban attends as Netflix and Michael Kors launch Bling Empire New York at House of Red Pearl on January 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images) Lynn Ban’s Cause of Death

Lynn’s passing is especially shocking given her active and healthy lifestyle.

According to a new report from Page Six, Ban suffered an accident while skiing on Christmas Eve.

“At the top of the mountain I caught a tip and face planted . Luckily I always wear a helmet , It didn’t seem that bad at the time and I was able to ski to the bottom,” the jewelry designer wrote on Instagram at the time.

Lynn Ban, one of the jewelry designers from Netflix’s series Bling Empire: New York, has tragically died after a skiing accident over the holidays.

The 51-year-old designer posted about her experience just before the New Year.

“And In a blink of an eye … life can change. Christmas Eve on a beautiful sunny day in Aspen on vacation with my family, I had a ski accident that would change my life . At the top of the mountain I caught a tip and face planted. Luckily I always wear a helmet, It didn’t seem that bad at the time and I was able to ski to the bottom. Erring on the side of caution , I wanted to get checked out by ski patrol for a concussion . They assessed me and I was cleared. I had a bit of a headache but thought after lunch it would be fine and I...

Bling Empire: New York had plenty of fans and the news that Lynn Ban ended up with emergency brain surgery concerned them. The owner of Lynn Ban Jewelry didn’t have a great holiday and nearly lost her life. Read on for more

Lynn Ban Had An Accident In Aspen

Fans met Lynn and Jett and they liked them. Of course, Jett was a familiar face because he’d once been a reporter and producer with MTV. In Bling Empire: New York they were busy putting things together at Lynn Ban Jewelry after the Covid pandemic. Well, Aspen called for the holiday season, and that’s when she had an accident.

Lynn Ban had been skiing when the accident happened. Fortunately, she wasn’t as badly hurt as Bachelor in Paradise star Dean Unglert Bell a few years ago. His injury happened in Switzerland. However, she required urgent surgery in a trauma hospital.

Lynn Ban of Bling Empire: New York fame recently shared a harrowing post on Instagram. In a lengthy post, she shared that she had been injured on Christmas Eve. As she described, it eventually became clear the situation was more dire than it first appeared.

Lynn Ban Noted How Easy It Was For ‘Life’ To ‘Change’

Ban is a Singaporean jewelry designer and influencer based in New York City. Many celebrities are known to be her clients, including Beyoncé and Rihanna.

Ban also became known to audiences through the reality series, Bling Empire: New York. The series is a spin-off of the Netflix series, Bling Empire.

Lynn Ban – Instagram

As noted by Page Six, Ban shared that she recently had to undergo emergency brain surgery. This took place shortly after Ban got caught up in a ski accident during the holidays.

Ban took to Instagram to share the news of what happened.

Jewelry designer Lynn Ban, best known for starring on Netflix‘s reality show Bling Empire: New York, had to undergo emergency brain surgery over the holidays after a skiing accident on Christmas Eve. The reality star took to Instagram on Monday (December 30), where she detailed how she suffered a fall while enjoying a family skiing trip in Aspen on December 24. “At the top of the mountain I caught a tip and face planted,” Ban wrote alongside a series of photos of herself in a hospital bed with a shaved head and numerous staples in her skull. “Luckily I always wear a helmet,” Ban added. “It didn’t seem that bad at the time and I was able to ski to the bottom. Erring on the side of caution, I wanted to get checked out by ski patrol for a concussion. They assessed me and I was cleared. I had a...

“Bling Empire: New York” star Lynn Ban revealed on Monday that after having a ski accident during her Christmas Eve ski trip, an emergency craniotomy “saved my life.”

The jewelry designer “faceplanted” down the mountain on vacation with her family in Aspen. The Netflix reality star said “it didn’t seem that bad at the time,” noting she was wearing a helmet and was able to ski down the rest of the slope.

“I had a bit of a headache but thought after lunch it would be fine and I could ski again,” Ban wrote in an Instagram post Monday. “The paramedic suggested I go to the hospital for a cat scan. This saved my life.”

The star detailed her accident in the caption of her Instagram post Monday, picturing her in full glam with a half-shaven head and additional graphic, post-op images.

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Lynn Ban, a jewelry designer on Netflix’s “Bling Empire: New York,” spoke out about a skiing accident over the holiday break that resulted in her getting a craniotomy.

On Monday, Ban posted a picture of her laying in a hospital bed with stitches in her skull. She detailed how on Christmas Eve she was enjoying a family vacation in Aspen. “At the top of the mountain I caught a tip and face planted,” Ban wrote on Instagram.

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Ban, who was wearing a helmet, got checked out by ski patrol and was cleared for a concussion. She ended up getting a Cat scan at the hospital that “saved [her] life.”

“They assessed me and I was cleared. I had a bit of a headache but thought after lunch it would be fine and I could ski again. The...

Bling Empire: New York star Lynn Ban underwent an emergency craniotomy on Christmas Eve after a ski accident “that would change my life.”

The Singaporean jewelry designer revealed on Instagram Dec. 30 that she was on vacation in Aspen with family when she “caught a tip and face planted” at the top of the mountain. She was wearing a helmet still sought out the ski patrol to get checked for a possible concussion.

“I had a bit of a headache but thought after lunch it would be fine and I could ski again,” Ban wrote. “The paramedic suggested I go to the hospital for a cat scan. This saved my life.”

After taking a taxi to the hospital with her husband Jett Kain, “within 30 minutes they told us I had a brain bleed and needed to be airlifted to the trauma hospital. Last thing I remember was being intubated and...

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How long have you been in New York now?

I moved on Jan. 15 [2022]. That’s the first day we started filming “Bling Empire, New York.” So it’s my one-year anniversary!

What was initially adjusting to New York like?

In the beginning, what surprised me was how hard everything was and how people weren’t that nice. And no one wanted to be helpful.