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"A widow whose husband had a heart attack and died after encountering a thief at work is speaking out.Click to watch News 9's coverage.Denise Blais said she thinks the thief should at least perform community service for the trauma she believes he put her husband through.Retiree Norman Blais, 67, worked at Cumberland Farms. His wife of nearly 20 years described him as a happy, healthy man she believes would be alive today if not for a crime committed during his final shift at the store on Christmas Eve.Denise Blais said her husband loved chatting with regulars at the store and called her often during his shift.\"When he calls, he always says, 'I love you, honeybun,'\" she said. \"That was his favorite line.\"Denise Blais said she has been grief-stricken since her husband's last call from work on Christmas Eve.\"He told me, 'Hon, I got robbed,'\" she said.Police said Jeffrey Seymore, 27, of Manchester, went into the store just after 10 p.m. and grabbed four cartons of cigarettes.\"He just took it and ran, and I guess Norm tried to go after him,\" Denise Blais said.Norman Blais called 911 with a description and plate number. Denise Blais rushed to comfort her husband as he filled out police reports and tried to finish his shift.\"He was different that night,\" she said. \"I know because a wife knows.\"Fifteen minutes later, after making sure to wash the floor before his shift ended, Norman Blais suffered a heart attack. His wife said she tried in vain to comfort and help him.\"I knew in my heart he died there,\" she said.Denise Blais said she believes the trauma that night contributed to his death.Seymore is charged with misdemeanor theft, and police said there will be no charges for what took place afterward.\"I hope somebody mentioned it to him,\" Denise Blais said. \"And I hope that will stay with him for the rest of his life. Because, I'm sorry, there's no excuse going in stores and taking things that don't belong to them and ruining other people's lives.\"Seymore will be arraigned on the theft charge later this month. He could face up to $2,000 in fines and a year in jail.Thursday would have been Norman Blais' 68th birthday."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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