Virgil Abloh Dead At 41 After Privately Battling Rare Cancer

It is with profound loss that we announce the death of designer, Virgil Abloh.

According to LVMH and a statement via Virgil’s Instagram account, the renowned artistic director of Louis Vuitton’s menswear collection and CEO of the Off-White label, passed away after privately battling “a rare, aggressive form of cancer, cardiac angiosarcoma.” He was 41 years-old.

“We are devastated to announce the passing of our beloved Virgil Abloh, a fiercely devoted father, husband, son, brother, and friend,” according to the statement posted on Abloh’s’s Instagram account. “He is survived by his loving wife Shannon Abloh, his children Lowe Abloh and Grey Abloh, his sister Edwina Abloh, his parents Nee and Eunice Abloh, and numerous dear friends and colleagues.”

Abloh is responsible for the artwork of several hip hop albums, including JAY-Z and Kanye West’s Watch The Throne, ASAP Rocky‘s Long.Live.A$AP and Kanye West‘s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, just to name a few.

LVMH’s CEO Bernard Arnault issued the following statement: “We are all shocked by this terrible news. Virgil was not only a genius designer and a visionary, he was also a man with a beautiful soul and great wisdom. The LVMH family joins me in this moment of great sorrow and we are all thinking of his loved ones on the passing of their husband, father, brother, son and friend.”