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On August 18, 2007 Helen’s son, Blair, was diagnosed with a heart disease, cardiomyopathy. For the last 8 weeks, Blair was at the Tufts New England Medical Center in Boston. On September 24, 2007, he was placed on the heart transplant list. Only 22 days later, he received his donor heart. Tuesday, October 16th he went into surgery. Unfortunately, the heart did not cooperate and we lost Blair. He passed away at 6 AM Wednesday, October 17, 2007.

We were all lucky to have had 8 weeks with Blair, getting healthy, joking and giving us all a hard time. A photo page was started for him, as well as a CarePage, which chronicled each step of his journey.

Thank you to everyone for your love, support and prayers.

To view photos and video of Blair over the last 8 weeks, go to www.detailswithin.com/blair

To visit the CarePage, please click here. If you cannot click through the link, please copy and paste the entire URL below into your browser's address window.

http://www.carepages.com/ServeCarePage?cpn=BlairGosselinCarePage&extrefid=tlcinvite

...or you can use these manual instructions:

  1. Go to www.carepages.com
  2. Click "Visit a CarePage"
  3. Register (first-time users only)
  4. After you've registered, enter the exact CarePage Name: BlairGosselinCarePage

The following obituary will be in the Newburyport Daily News and the Eagle Tribune on Friday October 19, 2007.

GOSSELIN, Blair Richard Gosselin, age 23, of Merrimac, MA passed away Wednesday, October 17, 2007 from complications during a heart transplant at Tufts New England Medical Center in Boston.

Born in Newburyport, February 21, 1984, he was a graduate of Pentucket Regional High School, Class of 2002.

He was a beloved son, brother, grandson, nephew, cousin, "uncle", boyfriend and friend. Blair is survived by his mother, Helen M. (Smith) Gosselin, father and step-mother, Richard E. and Joanna (Caruso) Gosselin; brother, Alan Smith Gosselin, all of Merrimac; step-brothers, Joey and Josh Reilly; his girlfriend, Elaine Christie; maternal grandparents, Malcolm and Mitsuko "Mimi" Smith of Merrimac; paternal grandmother, Pearlyne Gosselin of Ocala, FL; step-grandparents, Gaetano "Tom" and Shirley Caruso of Bradford, along with many aunts, uncles and cousins. He was predeceased by his paternal grandfather, Robert R. Gosselin, who died October 20, 2000.

When he wasn’t playing his guitar, he was making everyone laugh with his entertaining, charming ways. Blair’s strength carried his family and friends through his 8-week battle at Tufts NEMC.

He was a joy to us all and was taken away too early. Blair has touched so many people’s lives and will be missed dearly by everyone.

Visiting hours at Paul C. Rogers & Sons Family Funeral Home, 36 West Main Street, Merrimac, will be Monday from 2 to 8 p.m. Funeral services at the funeral home will be held Tuesday at 12 P.M. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to Tufts-New England Medical Center, Cardiothoracic ICU, 750 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111.