Lynn Ban, star of Netflix’s ‘Bling Empire: New York,’ dies after brain surgery due to ski accident

Jewelry designer Lynn Ban, who starred in the Netflix reality series “Bling Empire: New York,” died weeks after she underwent emergency brain surgery due to a skiing accident, her son announced Wednesday.

“She always had a smile on her face even when times were tough during her recovery process,” her son, Sebastian, wrote on Instagram. “She was a fighter until the end and is the strongest woman I know.”

Ban shared last month that she was in Aspen on vacation with her family when she had a fall while skiing on Christmas Eve. She was initially cleared by ski patrol, but wrote on social media that she began to feel a headache later that day.

A paramedic suggested she get a CAT scan, which discovered she had sustained a brain bleed.

Her son did not disclose the cause of death, but said she died Monday and wanted fans to know. The

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