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 the incident. She was 51 years old.
“My mother 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 message to share the news with the people who have supported her.” (See article below.)
Lynn Ban, owner of Lynn Ban Jewelry whose creations have been worn by celebrities including Beyoncé, revealed her accident in a December 30 Instagram post. It was accompanied by a photo of the designer with a partially shaved head and an incision resulting from the emergency craniotomy she underwent on Christmas Eve.
In her Instagram post, the Singaporean jewelry designer revealed that she was vacationing in Aspen with her family when she “caught a spike and face planted” at the top of the mountain. She was wearing a helmet, but she still contacted the ski patrol to check for a possible concussion.
“I had a bit of a headache but I thought that after lunch everything would be fine and I would be able to ski again,” Ban wrote. “The paramedic suggested I go to the hospital for a cat scan. It 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 hemorrhage and had to be flown to the trauma hospital,” she said. she writes. “The last thing I remember is being intubated and waking up after an emergency craniotomy with Jett by my side.”
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Ban stood out in the Bling Empire: New York series in 2023. A Bling-bling empire The spinoff, Netflix’s reality show, as described by the streamer, featured a “cast of stylish Asian American socialites” who “flaunt their fortunes — and their fashions — while bringing the drama and living it in New York.”
In today’s post, Ban’s son writes: “Many of you followed my mother but never had the chance to know her or meet her in person. I would like to take this opportunity to share who my mother really was. She was and always will be my best friend, the best mother to me and someone who took care of everyone. She always had a smile on her face, even during difficult times in her recovery process. She was a fighter to the end and is the strongest woman I know. She was the funniest, coolest mom I could imagine. She took care of me, my father and our entire family throughout her life. Although she may be gone now, I will do everything I can to make sure she is never forgotten and that her life is celebrated as she deserves. As a last message to my mother, I would just like to tell you that I will miss you forever and to end with something she always told me “I love you more than life itself”, mom.
Complete information on survivors was not immediately available.
