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Kim Kardashian ‘Grandpa Robber’ Dies After Guilty Verdict

Didier “Blue Eyes” Dubreucq, 69, was part of a gang of notorious criminals convicted in connection with Kardashian’s robbery in Paris.

A man convicted for his involvement in Kim Kardashian’s 2016 Paris robbery has died a month after being sentenced to seven years in prison. Didier “Blue Eyes” Dubreucq, 69, was among 10 robbery accomplices—deemed the “Grandpa Robbers” for their advanced ages—who were found guilty in connection with the jewelry heist, the Daily Mail reported. At her hotel during Paris Fashion Week, Kardashian was bound, gagged and robbed of around $12 million worth of jewelry, including her 18.88 carat diamond engagement ring from ex-husband Kanye West. The reality star relived the gripping ordeal in a testimony last month in which she said she “absolutely did think I was gonna die.” However, Dubreucq was not present during the testimony due to health reasons. Suffering from lung cancer, Dubreucq needed to be hospitalized several times as the case slowly progressed through the French courts, and French outlets reported that he succumbed to the disease on Thursday. A few hours after a guilty verdict was handed down on May 23, Dubreucq addressed the court in a letter read by his lawyer in which he maintained that he was innocent. “I never participated in this jewelry theft. You don’t condemn a man on the altar of suspicion and doubt,” he wrote.