Lynn Ban, a renowned jewelry designer known for her work with celebrities like Rihanna and Beyoncé, passed away at the age of 50. Ban, who also starred in Netflix's 'Bling Empire: New York,' died following a brain bleed after a skiing accident in December. She had undergone emergency surgery and shared her journey on social media before her death.
Celebrity jeweler Lynn Ban , right, with Alyson Cafiero at a gala in New York, March 12, 2018. Ban, who often set precious stones like diamonds in oxidized metals to create visual contrast and starred in Netflix’s “ Bling Empire : New York,” died on Jan.
20, 2025, weeks after emergency surgery for a brain bleed following a skiing accident. Lynn Ban, a celebrity jewelry designer and a star of Netflix’s “Bling Empire: New York,” died Monday, just weeks after she had emergency surgery for a brain bleed following a skiing accident in December. Her son Sebastian confirmed her death in an Instagram post 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, 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, Ban said she had a life-changing skiing accident in Aspen, Colorado, on Christmas Eve. The jewelry designer 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. 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.” Ban, who was from Singapore, designed fine jewelry that adorned some of the world’s most recognizable artists and celebrities, including Rihanna, Beyoncé, Cardi B, Billie Eilish, Madonna, Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone. According to her website, Ban also worked with Rihanna on jewelry for her tours, appearances, music videos and her Fenty x Puma collections.For a 2017 article in The New York Times, Ban talked about her signature armor rings, including a piece she created for Rihanna to wear in photographs for W Magazine. Told to imagine the pop star as the last woman in a postapocalyptic world, Ban created a claw armor ring, an articulated design that stretches up the finger and ends in a clawlike pointed tip. “It continues the theme of my signature armor ring but is even more protective,” she said. “It’s like a weapon.”Ban added that it was no coincidence that the piece was created during a time of political flux. “Revolution and social protest have always sparked intense periods of creativity,” Ban said. “Just look at the 1960s.” In a statement Wednesday, Jeff Jenkins, the founder and president of Jeff Jenkins Productions, which produced Bling Empire and Bling Empire: New York, called Ban “a genuine original.” “Our entire Bling Empire family, in front of and behind the camera, is shocked and deeply saddened,” he said. “To experience Lynn was to receive a big slice of joy.”Asking Eric: Mother resentful after daughter moves back in with exNew Colorado wolf map shows expanding territory in additional counties as population growsImmigrants, lawmakers gather at Colorado Capitol to stand against deportations and other Trump plans New Denver community center, with coffee shop and donation-based grocery store, aims to draw neighbors to Loretto Heights campusAsking Eric: Friends made on a cruise overstep on land Justin Trudeau says Canada will respond to US tariffs as Ontario’s premier says Donald Trump ‘declared war’
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