American designer Virgil Abloh, creative director of Louis Vuitton's men's line, has died of cancer this Sunday at the age of 41, as announced by the LVHM group to which that brand belongs.

“We are shocked by this terrible news. Virgil was not only a magnificent designer, a visionary, but also a man with a beautiful soul and great wisdom," the owner of that luxury conglomerate, Bernard Arnault, wrote on Twitter.

Abloh was also creative director of the Off White brand, of which LVMH was the majority shareholder, and had suffered from cancer for years, as specified in that message in which condolences were sent "to all those who loved him".

The creator, who became known as a creative adviser to the American rapper Kanye West, was appointed as the head of the creative direction of the Louis Vuitton menswear line in March 2018, as the successor of the British Kim Jones.