Multihyphenate creative Virgil Abloh died at age 41 in November. LVMH issued a statement on 28 Nov. breaking the news, saying: "LVMH, Louis Vuitton and Off White are devastated to announce the passing of Virgil Abloh, on Sunday, November 28th, of cancer, which he had been battling privately for several years." Another statement posted on Virgil's official Instagram account revealed that he privately battled a rare, aggressive form of cancer, cardiac angiosarcoma, for two years before his untimely death.
Several of his friends and peers paid tribute to him in the wake of the news. Virgil leaves behind his wife, Shannon Abloh, and his two children, Lowe Abloh and Grey Abloh.