Fashion designer Alexander McQueen committed suicide Thursday at the age of 40.

According to the Huffington Post:

McQueen’s mother Joyce died on February 2nd. The next day the grieving designer tweeted “i’m letting my followers know the my mother passed away yesterday if it she had not me nor would you RIP mumx.” A minute later he added “but life must go on!” On Sunday he tweeted “sunday evening been a f****** awful week but my friends have been great but now i have to some how pull myself together …”

According to the Associated Press:

Company spokeswoman Samantha Garrett said McQueen’s body was found in the morning but that she had no information “in terms of circumstances.”

Police did not directly comment when asked about how McQueen died, but said officers were called by the ambulance service at 10:20 a.m. (10:20 GMT) to an address on Green Street, in central London, and found a 40-year-old man dead. They did not name him but said next of kin had been informed.

The force said a post-mortem would be held but that the death was not being treated as suspicious.

McQueen’s death came days before London Fashion Week, although he was not scheduled to show in the British capital.

McQueen’s secondary line, McQ, was set to debut on the day of his death, as part of New York Fashion Week. The show was cancelled.