Heartbreaking final pics show Tyrese Haliburtons fiances BFF before she died on lavish bachelorette trip
The friend of Tyrese Haliburton’s fiancée who unexpectedly died during her lavish St.Barts bachelorette getaway had been a central figure in the festivities leading up to the couple’s wedding, heartbreaking photos show.Before suddenly dying from undisclosed health complications on June 8 – just two days after celebrating her 26th birthday during the Caribbean trip – Makenzi Kern appeared beaming alongside bride-to-be Jade Jones at her April bridal shower. Kern, dressed in a pale blue maxi dress with side cutouts, was seen posing cheerfully with friends and even hoisting Jones up into the air, in a playful nod to their years cheering together at Iowa State University.Jones’ close friendship with Kern – as well as her romance with the now two-time NBA All Star – both kicked off during her collegiate career, which ended in 2020. “The bridal shower of my literal DREAMS!!!!!” Jones captioned a carousel of photos from the shower, held at a ritzy steakhouse in downtown Chicago.Kern – whose family does not believe foul play, drugs or alcohol contributed to her mysterious death – also appeared smiley and carefree in photos taken in the first several days of Jones’ bachelorette trip. Instagram snaps shared by Jones and members of her 13-woman bridal crew show Kern grinning widely with her arms outstretched while sporting a blue two-piece outfit, surrounded by similarly-dressed friends, with Jones standing at the center in white. The suntanned squad posed by the pool, on a boat and along the picturesque oceanfront as they celebrated with champagne toasts to “Hali Ever After” – a playful nod to Haliburton’s last name – before the idyllic trip suddenly devolved into tragedy.Kern’s family said that she died while “surrounded by her closest friends on a once in a lifetime trip to St.
Barthelemy Island,” according to an online obituary.“She loved boating with her dad, water skiing, and got to try out a seabob for the first time in St ...