Celebrities Share Moving Tributes to Designer Virgil Abloh After his Death from Cancer at Age 41

Virgil was the first Black man to be an artistic director for Louis Vuitton. He was also hugely influential in the music industry and received a Grammy nomination in 2011 for his work with Kanye West and Jay-Z.

Celebrities across the fashion, arts, and sports industries have shared tributes to designer Virgil Abloh, who died from cancer at age 41 on Nov. 28.

Virgil was perhaps best known for being the founder of Off-White. He later went on to become the first Black man to be an artistic director for Louis Vuitton, and the third to lead a French luxury fashion house.

Read the moving tributes from Kanye West, Kendall Jenner and others in Buzzfeednews.com.

Fashion icon Virgil Abloh was killed at 41 by a rare heart cancer. Here’s how to spot the signs, and how it’s treated.

Credit: Insider.com.