A new mural has been revealed on Cardiff's Womanby street in memory of a teenager who died just a week before he got his GCSE results. Jake Pickford was just 16 when his heart stopped in his sleep on August 15, 2018. The teenager from Abertysswg, near Rhymney, was discovered in his bed by his older sister Chloe, who was 19 at the time, when she went to wake him up with a sandwich she had made him.
An inquest at Newport Coroners' Court concluded that Jake had died as a result of sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS) and a conclusion of death by natural causes was recorded. Jake was an aspiring football player, and had just secured a space at his local college to study sports. He sadly never got the chance to play for Wales as he had always hoped to.
READ MORE: Popular Welsh rugby player dies suddenly at 33 as tributes flood in READ MORE: Families pay emotional tribute to 'much-loved' couple who died in crash The mural of Jake has been unveiled by the British Heart Foundation Cymru as part of a campaign to highlight the loss of young people under the age of 35 to sudden cardiac death. Jake's family, Mam Gaye, Dad Paul, sister Chloe and brother Alfie, are all backing the campaign. For the latest health news, sign up to our newsletter here Reflecting on the day that Jake died, his sister Chloe, said: “Mam had recently gone back to work as nurse in Merthyr Tydfil.
She was working a half day that day so it was just me in the house with my two brothers that morning. I was 19 at .