Louis Vuitton star designer Virgil Abloh dies after private battle with cancer
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Virgil Abloh, Men's Artistic Director at Louis Vuitton. Photo: Reuters
Virgil Abloh, the American-born son of Ghanaian immigrants who became fashion's highest profile Black designer and the creative mind behind Louis Vuitton's menswear collections, died on Sunday at age 41, following a two-year battle with a rare form of cancer.