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Lynn Ban, Jewelry Designer and 'Bling Empire' Star, Dies at 52

Lynn Ban Jewelry Designer and Bling Empire Star Dies at 52
Ms. Ban, whose jewelry creations were worn by celebrities including Rihanna and Beyoncé, died weeks after emergency surgery following a skiing accident in December.
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Lynn Ban, Jewelry Designer and ‘Bling Empire’ Star, Dies at 52

Ms. Ban, whose jewelry creations were worn by celebrities including Rihanna and Beyoncé, died weeks after emergency surgery following a skiing accident in December.

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Lynn Ban at a “Bling Empire: New York” event in New York in 2023.Credit...Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images
Jan. 22, 2025

Lynn Ban, a celebrity jewelry designer and a star of Netflix’s “Bling Empire: New York,” died on Monday, just weeks after she had emergency surgery for a brain bleed following a skiing accident in December. She was 52.

Her son, Sebastian Kain, confirmed her death in an Instagram post on Wednesday, noting that “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.”

Roughly three weeks earlier, Ms. Ban had posted on her Instagram account to reveal the news of her skiing accident. In the caption of a photo where she had her head partly shaved and was lying in bed, Ms. Ban said she had a life-changing skiing accident in Aspen, Colo., on Christmas Eve.

Ms. Ban said at the time that she had been cleared by ski patrol, who had checked her for a concussion, after skiing to the bottom of the mountain and that her fall “didn’t seem that bad at the time,” even though she had a bit of headache. A paramedic suggested that she go to a hospital for a CT scan, where a brain bleed was detected. Ms. Ban said that she was then airlifted to a trauma hospital, adding, “Last thing I remember was being intubated and waking up after an emergency craniotomy.”

Ms. Ban, right, with Alyson Cafiero at a gala in New York in 2018.Credit...Nina Westervelt for The New York Times

Lynn Ban was born on May 27, 1972, in Singapore to David Ban, a developer, and Patricia Ban, a certified gemologist who nurtured her daughter’s love of fashion.

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