Celebrity jewellery designer Lynn Ban dies after ski accident

A file picture shows celebrity jeweller Lynn Ban at a fashion show staged at Japan Society in Manhattan on Jan 28, 2023. Photo: The New York Times

Lynn Ban, a celebrity jewellery designer and a star of Netflix’s Bling Empire: New York, died Monday (Jan 20), 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 (Jan 22).