Anti-knife crime campaigner and father of Damilola Taylor dies aged 75

Richard Taylor, whose son Damilola Taylor was murdered at the age of just 10spent his life campaigning against knife crime A man who dedicated his life to helping disadvantaged young people after his son was tragically killed has died. The family of Richard Taylor announced earlier today he had died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, where he had been receiving treatment for prostate cancer. He was 75 years old.

A statement issued on behalf of the Taylor family read: ‘It is with a heavy heart that the family announce the death of our beloved father, grandfather and uncle, Mr Richard Adeyemi Taylor OBE, who sadly passed away in the early hours of Saturday March 23 at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich, after a prolonged battle with prostate cancer.

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