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EPISODE · Nov 30, 2021 · 7 MIN

In Memory of Virgil Abloh the Benevolent Leader

from Amplify Voices · host Amplify Voices

This is a special episode in honor of the late Virgil Abloh. Who incidentally was on my list of upcoming guests to be invited. If you don’t know who Virgil is, you will soon be inspired by him in this episode. If you do, you know that not only was he a genius, he was a shining example of...an unlikely leader. An exception.He was the founder of Off-White, artistic director of Louis Vuitton, and many other collaborations.Virgil Abloh died on November 28, 2021, after a private battle with cardiac angiosarcoma, a rare form of cancer. He was 41. He was a son, a brother, a husband, a father, a friend. He was a design icon and now an angel among us.

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This is a special episode in honor of the late Virgil Abloh. Who incidentally was on my list of upcoming guests to be invited. If you don’t know who Virgil is, you will soon be inspired by him in this episode. If you do, you know that not only was he a genius, he was a shining example of...an unlikely leader. An exception.He was the founder of Off-White, artistic director of Louis Vuitton, and many other collaborations.Virgil Abloh died on November 28, 2021, after a private battle with cardiac angiosarcoma, a rare form of cancer. He was 41. He was a son, a brother, a husband, a father, a friend. He was a design icon and now an angel among us.

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This is a special episode in honor of the late Virgil Abloh. Who incidentally was on my list of upcoming guests to be invited. If you don’t know who Virgil is, you will soon be inspired by him in this episode. If you do, you know that not only was...

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