Campaigner Richard Taylor, the father of Damilola Taylor who was murdered 24 years ago, has died, it has been announced.
His son was 10 years old when he was stabbed in the leg and left to die in a south London stairwell in 2000.
The former Nigerian civil servant dedicated years to improving the lives of disadvantaged children in the wake of his son's death.
Mr Taylor died on Saturday aged 75 with prostate cancer.
He set up the Damilola Taylor Trust to campaign against knife crime.
A statement issued on behalf of his family said: "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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