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Meredith Clark

Shannon Abloh says pandemic allowed her ‘last two and a half years’ with husband Virgil before his death

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Shannon Abloh, the wife of late Virgil Abloh, has broken her silence one year after the fashion designer’s death.

In a new interview with The New York Times, Ms Abloh opened up about her late husband’s passing from a rare form of cancer at just 41 years old. Now, Ms Abloh is president of the Virgil Abloh Foundation and the CEO of Virgil Abloh Securities, a creative corporation which continues the designer’s legacy and business ventures. But apart from being a businesswoman, Ms Abloh is also a mother to the couple’s nine-year-old daughter Lowe, and six-year-old son Grey.

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