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| Murdered Damilola's mother dies | Murdered Damilola's mother dies |
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| The mother of murdered schoolboy Damilola Taylor has died from a suspected heart attack. | |
| Gloria Taylor, 57, collapsed at about 1945 BST on Tuesday while walking with her husband in south-east London, a Metropolitan Police spokesman said. | Gloria Taylor, 57, collapsed at about 1945 BST on Tuesday while walking with her husband in south-east London, a Metropolitan Police spokesman said. |
| Danny and Rickie Preddie are serving eight-year terms for the manslaughter of Damilola, who was 10 when he was stabbed in south London in 2000. | Danny and Rickie Preddie are serving eight-year terms for the manslaughter of Damilola, who was 10 when he was stabbed in south London in 2000. |
| Mrs Taylor had been a campaigner against knife crime. | Mrs Taylor had been a campaigner against knife crime. |
| A Met police spokesman said Mrs Taylor collapsed in Shooters Hill, and was taken to hospital by ambulance. | |
| She was pronounced dead a short time later. | She was pronounced dead a short time later. |
| A post-mortem examination will take place in due course, the spokesman said. | A post-mortem examination will take place in due course, the spokesman said. |
| The incident is not being treated as suspicious. | |
| Broken beer bottle | |
| After the death of her son, Mrs Taylor dedicated her life to working for underprivileged young people. | |
| The Damilola Taylor Trust was launched to mark the first anniversary of Damilola's death on November 2001. | |
| Mrs Taylor said the trust aimed to provide hope and opportunities for Britain's "downtrodden and underprivileged youth". | |
| Damilola died after being stabbed in the leg with a broken beer bottle. | |
| The Nigerian-born youngster had been in Britain for only a few months when he was attacked while walking home from the local library after school. | |
| He bled to death in a stairwell on the run-down North Peckham estate, in south London. | |
| The Preddie brothers were convicted of Damilola's manslaughter six years later after two trials and two police investigations, parts of which were strongly criticised. |