Lynn Ban, ‘Bling Empire’ cast member, dies weeks after skiing accident
Written by laserteam on January 22, 2025

(CNN Edition) – Lynn Ban, a jewelry designer who was a cast member on the Netflix reality series “Bling Empire: New York,” has died, her family announced in a statement on Wednesday.
She was 51.
“My mum passed away on Monday,” Ban’s son, Sebastian, wrote in a post on her verified Instagram, along with a series of family photos. “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.”
Late last month, Ban had posted about a skiing accident she had during a family trip to Aspen, Colorado.
“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,” she wrote on the post. “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.”
She said she had a “bit of a headache but thought after lunch it would be fine” and planned on returning to the slopes. A paramedic suggested she instead go to the hospital to get a scan of her injury, which she said “saved my life.”
“I went in a taxi with Jett and within 30 minutes they told us I had a brain bleed and needed to be airlifted to the trauma hospital,” she wrote. “Last thing I remember was being intubated and waking up after an emergency craniotomy with [husband] Jett by my side.”
According to the bio on her site, Ban was a native of Singapore who lived and worked in New York, London and Paris.