Virgil Abloh, fashion’s most powerful black exec, dies at 41


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Renowned designer Virgil Abloh, died aged 41 after battling cancer for several years. photo: Louis Vuitton

Virgil Abloh, LVMH’s star designer and the most high-profile Black figure in luxury fashion, died on Sunday at age 41 after battling cancer for several years.

A post on Abloh’s Instagram account said that he had "privately” battled cardiac angiosarcoma, a rare, aggressive form of cancer, since 2019.

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