‘Bling Empire’ Star Anna Shay Dead: Reality Star Unexpectedly Passes At 62

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For 3 seasons, Anna Shay, a Russian-Japanese socialite/heiress, dazzled audiences arsenic portion of Bling Empire, the archetypal American world tv bid featuring a main formed of East and Southeast Asian descent. Sadly, Anna’s airy faded connected Monday (June 5), erstwhile her household announced that she had passed away. In a connection to TMZ, her household said, “It saddens our hearts to denote that Anna Shay, a loving mother, grandmother, charismatic star, and our brightest ray of sunshine, has passed distant astatine the aboriginal property of 62 from a stroke.”

Anna Shay (Courtesy of Netflix)

“Anna taught america galore beingness lessons connected however not to instrumentality beingness excessively earnestly and to bask the finer things. Her interaction connected our lives volition beryllium everlastingly missed but ne'er forgotten,” the household added. Anna’s Bling Empire costar, Kane Lim, besides shared her grief with TMZ. “”I’m shocked to perceive the quality of Anna’s passing,” Lim said successful a statement. “We had truthful galore large memories unneurotic that were mostly down the cameras and I’ll support that dearly successful my heart. We had a existent friendship. My deepest condolences to her family. She volition beryllium missed.”

Anna Shay during a photoshoot connected Bling Empire (Courtesy of Netflix)

Anna was the girl of the precocious billionaire Edward Shay, who founded the Pacific Architects & Engineers, Incorporated successful 1955. The institution was initially an “architectural and engineering steadfast assisting the U.S. authorities effort to rebuild Asia successful the aftermath of World War II,” according to the authoritative PAE website. Edward died successful 1995, and Anna’s mother, Ai Oizumi Shay, passed distant successful 2015. Before Anna’s parent died, the Shay household sold the institution to Lockheed Martin successful an all-cash, $1.2 cardinal woody successful 2006, according to Variety.

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