Jade Jones, the fiancée of American basketball player Tyrese Haliburton, is set to marry, but tragedy struck her bachelorette party where friend Makenzie Kern died.
Makenzie Kern, 26, died of 'health complications' on June 8, when they were at St. Barthelemy Island.
According to an obituary, Kern grew up in Council Bluffs Iowa and graduated from Lewis Central High School in 2018.
She then got her bachelor's degree in 2022 in Human Development and Family Studies from Iowa State University.
Kern worked at the YMCA of Greater Omaha, first as a Youth and Family Director and then Membership Director for Armbrust Branch.
Jones and Kern were friends from their cheerleading days, and Jones met Haliburton when he was a star player for the Cyclones.
The two began dating in April 2019 and in 2025, Jones put out a touching post about the NBA star, calling him her ‘best friend forever’.
