The family of Eric Garner's activist daughter, Erica, says she died on Saturday after suffering major brain damage from a massive heart attack on Christmas Eve.

Her mother, Esaw Snipes-Garner, said her 27-year-old daughter went into cardiac arrest during an asthma attack and slipped into a coma.

Erica suffered her first heart attack not long after giving birth to a baby boy, her second child, in August.

Doctors said the pregnancy had put a strain on her heart, which was later found to be enlarged.

Garner's official Twitter account, run by her family and friends since she became ill, posted on Saturday morning: 'Erica the world loves you. I love you. I am glad you came into our lives. May you find the peace in the next life that you deserved while you were here. I will always love you my sister. love you.'

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Erica Garner died on Saturday after suffering brain damage from a heart attack on Christmas Eve. Her father, Eric Garner, died after he was placed in a chokehold by an NYPD officer in 2014 (Pictured, Erica, right, campaigns for Senator Bernie Sanders in February 2016 in South Carolina)

Her mother, Esaw Snipes-Garner, said her 27-year-old daughter (left and right) went into cardiac arrest during an asthma attack and slipped into a coma.

Erica, (pictured, July 2015) who has an eight-year-old daughter and a baby boy born in August, suffered her first heart attack shortly after the recent birth. Doctors said the pregnancy had put a strain on her heart, which was later found to be enlarged

On Thursday, Snipes-Garner had told the New York Daily News that her daughter was clinging to life at Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn.

At the time she said: 'She's not gone, she's brain dead. Physically she is still with us.

'She's still here with us. She just needs some time to heal, that's it.'

Her father, Eric Garner (pictured), died after a white NYPD police officer put him in a chokehold in Staten Island in 2014

The person running Garner's official Twitter account tweeted Wednesday night that she had suffered major brain damage.

'Cat scan shows Erica suffered major brain damage from a lack of oxygen while in cardiac arrest,' they tweeted.

'Please continue to pray hard for Erica and pray for her family and kids just as much.'

The Twitter account hit back at a condolence message from Brooklyn Councilman Jumaane Williams after he prematurely said on Thursday that Garner had died.

'As we sent prayers up... so sorry to hear the news. RIP @es_snipes. That family still needs us #Garner,' Williams wrote in a tweet he has since deleted.

The person running Garner's official Twitter account tweeted Saturday morning that she had passed away

The administrator of Erica's Twitter account faced torrents of backlash after a post requesting that only black journalists reach out to the family

The administrator of Erica's Twitter account faced torrents of backlash after a post requesting that only black journalists reach out to the family.

'Out of respect to Erica please do not request comment if the journalist is not Black,' tweeted the account belonging to Garner, likely sent by family spokesman Reggie Harris.

Many Twitter users angrwho became a prominent anti-police brutality activist after her father, Eric Garner, was choked to death by NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo in 2015.

The tweet, quickly drew anger from many social media users who called it 'racist' and said it insulted Erica's message of unity and equality.

The Reverend Al Sharpton, in announcing Garner's death Saturday, says she fought for justice and was 'a warrior to the end.'

Erica, who has an eight-year-old daughter and a baby boy born in August, suffered her first heart attack shortly after the recent birth.

The mother-of-two, who named her newborn after her late father, has been an advocate for combating police brutality ever since his death in 2014.

She also appeared in campaign commercials for Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders during his 2016 presidential run.

Garner was strangled to death after being stopped for selling loose cigarettes in Staten Island. Officer Daniel Pantaleo (circled, left) was seen on video putting him in a chokehold

Eric Garner, who was unarmed at the time, died after a white NYPD police officer put him in a chokehold in Staten Island.

A grand jury declined to indict the officer and the city agreed to pay a $6million civil settlement.

His last words were 'I can't breathe,' which became a slogan for activists. The father-of-six's death sparked widespread protests.

He had been accused of illegally selling cigarettes on a sidewalk when an officer put him in the chokehold from behind and brought him down with the help of other officers.

The city medical examiner ruled Garner's death a homicide, with asthma and obesity as contributing factors.