The mother of murdered schoolboy Damilola Taylor has died of a suspected heart attack , The Press Association reported Wednesday . Gloria Taylor outside London 's Central Criminal Court with Damilola 's older brother Tunde in 2006 . Gloria Taylor , 57 , collapsed while walking with her husband Richard in south-east London Tuesday , the agency reported . Efforts to revive her at hospital failed and she was pronounced dead moments later , according to London police headquarters Scotland Yard . Damilola , 10 , bled to death after being attacked on his way home from Oliver Goldsmith Primary School in November 2000 . He staggered 100 yards with blood pouring from a sliced artery in his leg after being stabbed . Nigerian-born Damilola had been in Britain for only a few months when he was attacked while walking home from an after school computer club . Damilola 's killing was front-page news in Britain , and prompted soul-searching on topics ranging from the deprivation of inner cities to school bullying . A year after their son 's death , the Taylors established the Damilola Taylor Trust , aimed at improving the lives of underprivileged young people . The trust offers scholarships for medical students from poor backgrounds , and also set up the Damilola Taylor Center , in Peckham , south-east London , which provides sports and community activities . At the time , Gloria said the trust aimed to provide hope and opportunities for Britain 's `` downtrodden and underprivileged youth '' . `` Damilola lost his life because of enormous problems in this society . Our son wanted to be a doctor . `` He was a leader , and we are sure he would have been extraordinary . We would like the trust to heal many of the ills faced by today 's youth , '' The Guardian newspaper reported her saying at the time . In August 2006 , two teenage brothers were convicted of his manslaughter and given eight-year youth custody sentences . Danny and Ricky Preddie , who were 12 and 13 at the time of the killing , were convicted at a retrial . The conviction came after three trials and two police investigations , parts of which were strongly criticized , The Guardian reported . PA quoted a Metropolitan Police spokeswoman as saying : `` Police were called at about 7.45pm on April 8 by London Ambulance Service to reports of a woman taken ill on the street in Shooters Hill . `` Local officers and London Ambulance Service were in attendance and a woman in her 50s was taken by ambulance to hospital suffering a suspected heart attack and was pronounced life extinct at 8.29pm . `` A post-mortem examination will take place in due course . `` The incident is being investigated by local borough officers and is currently being treated as non suspicious . '' E-mail to a friend .
Mother of murdered schoolboy Damilola Taylor died of suspected heart attack . Gloria Taylor , 57 , died while walking with her husband Richard Tuesday . Damilola , 10 , was murdered in 2000 , which prompted soul - searching in Britain .