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FILE - Designer Virgil Abloh walks backstage anterior to his Off-White acceptable to deterioration Fall-Winter 2019-2020 collection, that was presented successful Paris, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. Abloh, a starring manner enforcement hailed arsenic the Karl Lagerfeld of his generation, has died aft a backstage conflict with cancer. He was 41. Ablohs decease was announced Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021 by LVMH Louis Vuitton and the Off White label, the marque helium founded. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File )
NEW YORK – Designer Virgil Abloh, a starring manner enforcement hailed arsenic the Karl Lagerfeld of his generation, has died aft a backstage conflict with cancer. He was 41.
Abloh's decease was announced Sunday by the luxury radical LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy) and the Off White label, the marque Abloh founded. Abloha was the men’s deterioration decorator of Louis Vuitton.
“We are each shocked aft this unspeakable news. Virgil was not lone a genius designer, a visionary, helium was besides a antheral with a beauteous psyche and large wisdom,” Bernard Arnault, president and main enforcement of LVMH said successful a statement.
A connection from Abloh's household connected the designer's Instagram relationship said for the past 2 years, Abloh battled cardiac angiosarcoma, a uncommon signifier of crab successful which a tumor occurs successful the heart.
“He chose to endure his conflict privately since his diagnosis successful 2019, undergoing galore challenging treatments, each portion helming respective important institutions that span fashion, art, and culture,” the connection read.
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Abloh is survived by his woman Shannon Abloh and his children, Lowe and Grey.
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