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Thomas Kinkade's wife, girlfriend battle over his estate

Artist Thomas Kinkade's girlfriend says two handwritten wills entitle her to his home and $10 million, but his estranged wife has a different take. Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light™, spent his last two years legally separated from his wife of nearly three decades and struggling with alcoholism.

 

Overdose killed artist Thomas Kinkade

Thomas Kinkade

Artist Thomas Kinkade's death last month was from an accidental overdose of alcohol and Valium, according to the Santa Clara County, California, medical examiner.

 

Brother: Painter Kinkade Relapsed Into Alcoholism

Thomas Kinkade

A family member says painter Thomas Kinkade battled alcoholism over the past several years and had a relapse just before his death at his home in Santa Clara County. Kinkade's brother, Patrick, tells the San Jose Mercury News (http://bit.ly/IxRfr0) that decades of attacks on Kinkade's work and a split with his wife two years ago had taken a toll on the famous "Painter of Light."

Senh: A living artist - well, no longer - whose work makes hundreds of millions a year? Amazing. It's too bad that he succumbed to alcoholism.

 

Thomas Kinkade paintings selling swiftly: What buyers should know

Thomas Kinkade’s paintings of bucolic landscapes and light-filled cottages have been scooped up by collectors nationwide ever since the artist’s death at 54 on Friday.

 

Artist Thomas Kinkade died suddenly of natural causes, family says

Thomas Kinkade

Popular California artist Thomas Kinkade died of natural causes Friday at his home in Los Gatos, a family spokesman said in a statement. Kinkade labeled himself the nation's most collected living artist. His paintings and spin-off products bring in about $100 million a year in sales, and are said to be in 10 million homes in the United States.

 

Magritte painting stolen at gunpoint

A painting by the Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte was stolen from a small Brussels museum this morning by two armed men who rang the doorbell before putting a gun to the concierge's head.

 

Andrew Wyeth, Famed and Infamous Artist, Dies at 91

Andrew Wyeth, Famed and Infamous Artist, Dies at 91

Mr. Wyeth’s precise realist views of hardscrabble rural life became icons of national culture and sparked endless debates about the nature of modern art.

 

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