Lynn Ban shared harrowing particulars concerning the mind bleed she suffered from a snowboarding accident simply weeks earlier than she died.
The “Bling Empire: New York” star handed away Monday on the age of 52. Sources confirmed to the Submit that Ban’s husband found her in mattress at a Tribeca residence.
An NYPD spokesperson confirmed a 52-year-old lady was discovered unconscious and unresponsive close to Warren Road and West Road, and she or he was pronounced useless on the scene. They didn’t affirm an id.
Ban’s teenage son, Sebastian, confirmed that she died in a heartbreaking Instagram publish on Wednesday.
On Dec. 30, 2024, Ban revealed she needed to bear mind surgical procedure after sustaining a traumatic head wound whereas snowboarding in Aspen on Christmas Eve.
“And In a blink of an eye … life can change,” the jewellery designer wrote on Instagram alongside a sequence of pictures displaying her within the hospital.
“Christmas Eve on a beautiful sunny day in Aspen on vacation with my family, I had a ski accident that would change my life,” she continued, sharing that she “caught a tip” of certainly one of her skis “at the top of the mountain” and “face planted.”
The star added, “Luckily I always wear a helmet.”
Ban stated that the accident “didn’t seem that bad at the time and I was able to ski to the bottom.”
However “erring on the side of caution” she determined “to get checked out by ski patrol for a concussion.”
“They assessed me and I was cleared,” Ban wrote. “I had a bit of a headache but thought after lunch it would be fine and I could ski again.”
Nonetheless, the paramedic recommended she “go to the hospital for a cat scan,” she continued.
“This saved my life,” the star stated.
“I went in a taxi with [my husband] Jett [Kain] and 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 waking up after an emergency craniotomy with Jett by my side.”
“There’s a long road of recovery ahead but I’m a survivor,” she went on, including that she was “grateful to ski patrol the incredible team of doctors and nurses and the ❤️and support my family and friends.”
She concluded the publish, “GOD IS GOOD 🙏🏼 Grateful and blessed to see the new year.”
The pictures Ban shared on Instagram included snaps of her having fun with time on the mountain earlier than the accident together with pictures of her half-shaved head post-surgery, her surgical procedure scar on her cranium, and her intubated in a hospital bead.
Born in Singapore, Ban was a distinguished NYC jewellery designer whose designs have been worn by celebrities akin to Rihanna, Beyoncé and Billy Porter.
She joined Netflix’s “Bling Empire: New York” when it debuted in 2023. A by-product of the unique LA-set “Bling Empire,” the sequence adopted the lavish and splendid lives of a bunch of rich Asian-People dwelling in New York.
Ban is survived by her husband and son.
Sebastian posted a tribute to his mother on social media.
“She was and always will be my best friend, the best mother to me, and someone who cared for all,” Sebastian wrote on Wednesday. “She always had a smile on her face even when times were tough during her recovery process. She was a fighter until the end and is the strongest woman I know. She was the funniest and coolest mum I could ever ask for. She took care of me, my dad, and our Entire family throughout her whole life.”
“Although she may be gone now, I will do everything I can to make sure she is never forgotten and for her life to be celebrated as it deserves to be,” he continued. “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 always told me ‘I love you more than life itself’ mum.”
